The U.S. Central Command issued a statement on the 30th saying that the U.S. military took “limited precision” actions against the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution’s landmining unit, and accused it of posing a threat to the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
The statement said that the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution in a statement called the U.S. military‘s strike to prevent its mining of the Strait of Hormuz an “aggression act” and that “this statement is completely wrong.”
According to several U.S. media reports on the 30th, the U.S. military struck two rocket launchers on the Iranian island of Rarak near the Strait of Hormuz. At the time, Iranian Army of the Guardians of Islamic Revolution personnel were preparing to use these launchers to mine the Strait of Hormuz. This operation marked the first military strike by the U.S. military against an Iranian target in a month.
Earlier, the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution issued a statement through the Iranian media saying the U.S. military attack had killed and injured several armed personnel and civilians, and said it would respond to the attack.