US forces strike two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island, US official says

U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, ​a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since ‌late July.

Iran responded by attacking U.S. forces stationed in Jordan, according to a Fox News reporter on Sunday, citing a U.S. source. Nearly all incoming missiles "have been intercepted at this point," the reporter's X ​post said, noting that there had been no significant impact so far.

Of the ​initial U.S. strikes, the U.S. official said, "I can confirm that earlier today ⁠U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces ​were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into Strait of Hormuz."

Iran's Revolutionary Guards ​said the attack killed and wounded several soldiers and citizens and would be met with a "response and punishment" from Tehran, Iranian state media reported.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported the U.S. carried out a ​drone strike on the island.

U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that all mines had ​been detonated or removed from the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran has been ‌told that ⁠any ship or boat placing new mines will be destroyed.

The last known U.S. strikes on Iran were in late July as the war has reached a stalemate in recent weeks with Washington threatening to impose costly sanctions on countries that support Iran.

The U.S. and Israel attacked ​Iran on February 28 ​and Iran responded ⁠with its own strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host U.S. bases. The Iran war has now crossed the six-month mark.

U.S.-Israeli strikes on ​Iran and Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed thousands and displaced millions of ​people. Eighteen ⁠U.S. service members have been killed in the conflict.

The war has led to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which before the conflict was used to transit about a fifth ⁠of ​the world's oil supply.

The Iranian weapons launched at the ​U.S. base on Sunday were ballistic missiles, Axios reported.