The United States struck Iranian military targets on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on September 1, marking the first direct US-Iran military engagement in roughly a month. Two Iranian rocket launchers were destroyed after US intelligence observed members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps preparing to deploy sea mines threatening commercial shipping lanes. Iran retaliated by firing a volley of missiles at two US air bases in Jordan, eight of which were intercepted by Jordanian defense forces. Three deaths were confirmed on the Iranian side, including two Revolutionary Guards members. The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-fifth of all global oil and gas shipments, and the US strikes were framed as defensive to protect American personnel and the commercial routes essential to global energy markets.
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