US forces strike 2 launchers on Iran's Larak Island, the first known hit since late July
A US official said American forces struck 2 launchers on Iran's Larak Island, the first known US strike on Iran since late July. Centcom's Tim Hawkins said the Guards were seen preparing rockets with sea mines for the Strait of Hormuz. The Guards said several people were killed and wounded, not independently confirmed, and later claimed an attack on US targets in Jordan; Jordan said it intercepted 8 missiles at dawn on Monday. Scott Bessent said the Treasury is likely to unveil weekly secondary sanctions, banks first.
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US strike hits 2 launchers on Iran's Larak Island
A US official said the strike hit 2 launchers on Iran's Larak Island, the first known American strike on Iran since late July. Centcom spokesman Tim Hawkins said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces had been observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. Hawkins named the Guards as the unit seen preparing that launch; the US official presented the Larak Island strike as the first known American strike on Iran since late July.[1]
Guards report casualties and an attack on US targets in Jordan
The Guards said the attack killed and wounded several people and vowed response and punishment. They later said they had launched an attack on US military targets in Jordan, according to Iranian state media. Jordan's armed forces said air defence systems intercepted 8 missiles that breached the kingdom's airspace at dawn on Monday, in a statement carried by the state Petra News Agency. Neither the Iranian account of casualties on Larak Island nor the details of the attack on Jordan has been independently confirmed.[1]
Bessent says the Treasury plans weekly Iran sanctions, banks first
Scott Bessent said on Aug 30 that the Treasury is likely to unveil new secondary sanctions every week to raise economic pressure on Iran, with the first focus on banks. He spoke in Asheville, North Carolina, ahead of a G20 finance leaders meeting, and said he intends to press finance ministers and central bank governors to cut economic ties to Iran or face secondary sanctions. The Treasury imposed penalties on the United Arab Emirates branches of Egypt's Banque Misr on Aug 28 over alleged financial links to Iran. Bessent said the next step may be cutting an institution off entirely from the dollar-based financial system, that many more such measures will appear every week, and that the message to banks is that holding Iranian money and aiding the government there is not acceptable.[2]
