New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday (August 30), marking the first reported US military action against Iran in about a month. The strike ended a period of relative calm in a conflict that has continued intermittently for more than six months.

AP citing a US official reported that Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps forces had been preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. The official spoke anonymously because the details involved sensitive military operations.

Iranian semiofficial media reported explosions near Larak Island, located in the Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps acknowledged that several of its fighters and oth...