US Strikes Iranian Missile Launchers on Island Near Key Oil Route

US forces destroyed two missile launchers on Iran's Larak Island on 30 August as they were about to fire, a US official said — the first such US strike since late July. Iranian media reported two dead, two hurt. An Iranian commander called it a "fatal mistake." Larak overlooks the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow channel carrying about a fifth of the world's oil and gas.