US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island in first known attack in weeks

Iran's Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, said earlier that the attack was carried out by drones. Reports indicate that two people were killed and two others injured, it said.Trump ​said last week that all mines‌ placed in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran as part of its efforts to blockade the route had been detonated or removed. He said Iran had been warned that any ship ​or boat deploying new mines would be ​destroyed.Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi described Trump's claim as a "propaganda" deception. Iran is facing renewed economic pressure after Washington announced a fresh Sanctions campaign on 24 August aimed at further isolating Tehran and expanding secondary Sanctions against its allies.Iranian officials and state media have largely dismissed the campaign as a continuation of previous US economic measures, which they argue followed Washington's military failure in the recent conflict.The US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on 28 February, with Iran responding by attacking Israel, US bases and allied states in the Gulf, and effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz to marine traffic. The Iran war has now crossed its six-month mark.Some 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas used to travel through before the war began.