U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first American military action in a month, prompting Iran to fire ballistic missiles at two American bases in Jordan and down a U.S. MQ‑9 drone over the strait.
Washington’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that new secondary sanctions will be rolled out weekly, beginning with banks linked to Iran, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the missile strikes on Jordanian airbases were retaliation for the U.S. attack on Larak Island and the downing of an MQ‑9 drone.
The attacks revived concerns that the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil shipments pass, while U.S. officials warned that continued sanctions on Iranian banks isolate Tehran’s financial system and force institutions out of the dollar network.
Trump asserted that Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub was being destroyed, but no independent verification was provided, and Iran’s statement about the supertanker being hit by mines described the vessel’s passage as illegal without naming the ship or crew.