{"id":94319,"date":"2026-08-30T13:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T18:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=94319"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:00:01","slug":"us-iranian-regime-trade-strikes-after-weeks-long-lull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/us-iranian-regime-trade-strikes-after-weeks-long-lull\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Iranian regime trade strikes after weeks-long lull"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ArticlePage-dateAndSource\">&nbsp;(JNS) \u2013 The U.S. military said that it attacked Iranian rocket launchers at the Strait of Hormuz in its \u201cfirst military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months,\u201d the&nbsp;<i>Associated Press<\/i>&nbsp;reported.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_94341\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94341\" class=\"wp-image-94341 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2.webp 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94341\" class=\"wp-image-94341 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jet_aircraft2.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-94341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk jet trainer aircraft approaches the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, June 27, 2026. Credit: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Miguel Santiago\/U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins, spokesman for U.S. Central Command, Iranian regime forces were seen readying to launch \u201crockets with sea mines into the strait,\u201d the wire agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d CENTCOM wrote on X. \u201cIn essence, Iran created the threat and the U.S. military eliminated it to protect civilian mariners, commercial shipping, and the free flow of global commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the strikes, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ballistic missiles at U.S. bases in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>A Jordanian source told Amman\u2019s official&nbsp;<i>Petra News Agency<\/i>&nbsp;that the military \u201csuccessfully intercepted and destroyed\u201d eight missiles that entered the kingdom\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video depicting the destruction of Iran\u2019s Kharg Island, writing, \u201cKharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In peacetime, Kharg Island provides a port for the export of up to 90% of Iran\u2019s oil.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Trump has launched what said will be crippling economic sanctions on the regime. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week&nbsp;<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/u-s-news\/treasury-launches-operation-economic-outcast-against-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">announced<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;\u201cOperation Economic Outcast,\u201d an expanded sanctions campaign aimed at cutting off what he called Iran\u2019s remaining financial lifelines.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent said Sunday that the Trump administration plans to sanction another bank this week as part of its campaign to clamp down on transactions involving Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be financial violence if we have to,\u201d Bessent told&nbsp;<i>AP<\/i>. He said Washington would press its counterparts at G20 finance meetings in Asheville, N.C., to cooperate in isolating Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran, told JNS on Sunday that \u201ctoday\u2019s strike is a signal from the U.S. that it is not going to allow Iran to reverse the American gains in recent weeks over ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a decisive shift to a new phase of the war,\u201d he said. \u201cRather it is a reminder that the U.S. has the will to police the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian retaliation was likely factored into U.S. planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>JNS asked whether the strikes surprised him. \u201cI don\u2019t think there were any true surprises,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday called the United States and Israel the \u201csworn enemies\u201d of Muslim unity, accusing both countries of hostility toward the broader Muslim world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe criminal rulers of the U.S. and the illegitimate Zionist regime are the sworn enemies of this unity and friendship,\u201d Khamenei said in a message marking Islamic Unity Week. He added that even rulers of Muslim countries considered allies of Washington and Jerusalem were not exempt from what he described as their hostility.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, meanwhile, said on Saturday that Tehran would not compromise on national security and warned that Iranian forces would \u201cfight fire with fire,\u201d reiterating that U.S. bases in the region could be targeted in response to attacks on the Islamic Republic, according to state propaganda outlet&nbsp;<i>Press TV<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"US%2C%20Iranian%20regime%20trade%20strikes%20after%20weeks-long%20lull\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":94341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94342,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94319\/revisions\/94342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}