At least two people have been killed and two more injured in a US attack on Larak Islandan Iranian island located in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, in the Persian Gulf.
The Iranian news agency Tasnim, linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, reported on Saturday night that a drone attacked the area “an hour ago” and reported the victims, citing “unofficial sources.”
The Revolutionary Guard promises answers
Later, the Revolutionary Guard confirmed in a statement that there are “martyrs and wounded” among its combatants as a result of an attack by the “American-Zionist enemy” and has warned that there will be a “punishment”.
“Desperation in the face of their domestic problems and the fall in their credibility among the countries of the region make them try to revive their sinister role and justify themselves before public opinion with an aggressive act, attacking the island of Larak,” the Revolutionary Guard has denounced. The attack “there will be a response from the children of Islamic Iran and there will be punishment for the aggressor”the statement continues.
A spokesman for the Revolutionary Guard, Sardar Mohebi, has insisted that there will be “consequences” both in the economic and military spheres. “It has been a strategic and fatal error by the (Donald) Trump regime during the economic war, an error that will change the balance of its planners and will entail serious costs,” he predicted.
Attack on two rocket launchers
Qatari television Al Jazeera has reported, citing a US official on condition of anonymity, that The United States has attacked two rocket launchers of the Revolutionary Guard located in Larak.
The rockets were being prepared to launch naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the source explained. “Our forces have completed the demining of international trade routes in the Strait of Hormuz”he pointed out before warning that they are monitoring the area and are “ready” to “protect free commercial transit through the Strait of Hormuz”.
The Central Command of the US Armed Forces, which coordinates US military forces in the Middle East region, has not yet given any official information about what happened.
The Strait of Hormuz has become a strategic point after Iran will close the passage to oil from the Persian Gulf in retaliation for attacks by Israel and the United States.
