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strikeAug 30, 2026

US strikes Iran for first time in a month, Tehran retaliates

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The United States said Sunday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first strikes on Iran in a month, prompting Tehran to retaliate.

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    The United States said Sunday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz, its first strikes on Iran in a month, prompting Tehran to retaliate. The US strikes resulted in "casualties," said Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which in turn att…

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