US says Larak attack targeted ‘imminent threat’ to Hormuz

 

US Central Command said Sunday’s attack on IRGC forces on Larak Island targeted an “imminent threat” to the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting Tehran’s characterization of the strike as an “act of aggression.”

CENTCOM said US forces took “limited, precise action” against Revolutionary Guards forces attempting to lay mines in the Strait.

“Iran created the threat and the US military eliminated it,” CENTCOM said, adding that the strike was intended to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping and the flow of global commerce.

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