ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMICHAI STEIN
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The US military struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island after Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces were seen preparing to fire towards the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, a US official told The Jerusalem Post, marking the first US strike on Iran in several weeks.

According to Axios, the rockets were armed with sea mines.

IRGC-run media outlet Fars News reported that witnesses in the area heard the explosion.

The IRGC spokesperson claimed the attack was born out of "desperation" from the US and Israel, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Sunday evening.

IRGC spokesperson responds to US strikes

"We will take retribution" against the US for striking Larak Island, the spoeksperson said, adding that Iran would "punish those responsible."

The IRGC said that the American attack had killed and injured several soldiers and civilians, but did not provide a precise casualty toll.

A US Marines F-35C Lightning II is staged for flight operations on the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 3, 2026.
A US Marines F-35C Lightning II is staged for flight operations on the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 3, 2026. (credit: U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS)

"This action will be met with a response from the sons of Islamic Iran, and the US will face punishment," IRIB reported.

The attack was "a strategic and fatal error by the Trump administration," the IRGC spokesperson said in a statement on X/Twitter. It "will shift the balance against its designers and entail heavy costs."

"The US will pay the consequences of this miscalculation in both the economic and military arenas," the post added.