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Last UpdateAugust 30, 2026, 10:23 PM EDT
U.S. forces struck Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island Sunday as the IRGC prepared rockets and sea mines around the Strait of Hormuz, before Iran retaliated by targeting American bases in Jordan. Nearly all incoming missiles have been intercepted so far, with no significant impacts reported, sources said.
WHAT TO KNOW
- Iran is struggling under the weight of U.S. economic sanctions this week, with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei admitting to economic hardship this weekend.
- Iran marked Islamic Unity Week, which lands on the birthday of the prophet Muhammad, by calling on Islamic countries to unite against the U.S.
- Crude oil exports that crossed the U.S. blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz averaged 6.7 million barrels per day over the past week, TankerTrackers said.
- U.S. forces struck two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, a U.S. official told Fox News.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) vowed to retaliate and punish those responsible for the U.S. strike on Larak Island, according to state media.
- Iran began attacking U.S. forces in Jordanafter American forces struck Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, a U.S. source told Fox News’ Trey Yingst.
- President Donald Trump said that Iran would have used a nuclear weapon if it had one, warning that Israel and much of the Middle East could have been destroyed, with the United States or Europe possibly “next.”
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Iran attacks US forces in Jordan after American strikes on missile launchers
Iran Missiles / Pool via WANA / Reuters
Iran began attacking U.S. forces in Jordan on Sunday after American forces struck Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, a U.S. source told Fox News’ Trey Yingst.
No significant impacts have been reported so far, the source said, adding that nearly all incoming missiles have been intercepted so far.
The attacks came after U.S. forces struck Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island on Sunday.
Posted by Emma Bussey
2 hours ago
Trump warns US or Europe would be ‘next’ if Iran gets nuclear weapon
President Donald Trump / Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP
President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran would have used a nuclear weapon if it had one, warning that Israel and much of the Middle East could have been destroyed, with the United States or Europe possibly “next.”
“If they would have had a nuclear weapon, they would have fired it,” Trump said on “Sunday Night in America.”
“These are very violent, evil people.”
“So I think the Middle East would have essentially been gone, but Israel definitely would have been gone,” he added.
“I guess we would be next, or Europe, or someplace. But no, you cannot let them have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon,” he added.
Trump also praised the success of the blockade of Iranian ports and Washington’s financial pressure campaign, saying Iran had become “a failing nation.”
IRGC / Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto via Getty Images
“The blockade has been unbelievable,” he said. “The financial hits that we’re giving them” have contributed to Iran’s decline.
“Their navy’s gone. Their air force is gone. Their leaders are gone. All of their anti-aircraft — I mean, it’s all wiped out. They’re tough people,” Trump said.
The president also said he was surprised when Tehran began targeting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait at the start of the war, but argued the attacks eroded Iran’s regional support.
“Everybody was shocked. I was surprised,” Trump said. “I thought it was a real good thing because they lost all the support that they had.”
Posted by Emma Bussey
3 hours ago
CENTCOM rejects Iran’s ‘act of aggression’ claim, says US eliminated Hormuz threat
U.S. Central Command on Sunday rejected Iran’sclaim that U.S. strikes aimed at preventing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz were an “act of aggression.”
CENTCOM called the accusation “false,” in a post shared on X and said U.S. forces took “limited, precise action” against IRGC minelaying forces that posed an imminent threat to the strategic waterway.
“In 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,” CENTCOM said.
Posted by Emma Bussey
3 hours ago
US to hit Iran with new sanctions every week as Bessent puts global banks on notice
Bessent / SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. Treasury plans to roll out new sanctions targeting Iran on a weekly basis, beginning with banks that help Tehran access the global financial system, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Sunday.
“You’re going to see a lot more of these every week,” Bessent told the outlet ahead of a G20 finance leaders meeting in North Carolina.
“We’re starting with the banks, and we’re telling the banks it’s not okay to have Iranian money and to aid the regime.”
Bessent said the administration could go as far as cutting a financial institution off entirely from the U.S. dollar-based financial system.
His comments came after the Treasury Department imposed penalties Friday on the United Arab Emirates branches of Egypt’s Banque Misr over alleged financial links to Iran.
Posted by Emma Bussey
3 hours ago
US struck Iranian launchers after intel uncovered plot to fire mine-carrying rockets into Hormuz
U.S. forces struck Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island on Sunday after intelligence indicated Tehran was preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reported.
The plan to launch rockets with sea mines was designed to redeploy the explosives in the strait after U.S. forces demined the area, he said on “The Big Weekend Show.”
President Donald Trump had said Aug. 25 that the U.S. Navy had informed him that all mines had been removed from the strait’s waters.
Trump also warned Iran that any vessel caught laying new ones would be “immediately and systematically destroyed.”
The developments came as U.S. forces in Jordan faced missile attacks Sunday in retaliation for the strikes on Larak Island.
Yingst said American forces stationed in Jordan had multiple air-defense systems to counter such threats, including Patriot and THAAD missile-defense systems deployed in the region.
“At this point, there are no significant impacts, and nearly all of the incoming missiles have been intercepted,” Yingst said.
“These are serious attacks,” he added.
Posted by Emma Bussey
4 hours ago
Jordan intercepts 8 Iranian missiles after US forces strike launchers
Iranian Missile / Iranian Army / WANA (West Asia News Agency)/ Handout via REUTERS
Jordan’s Armed Forces confirmed Sunday that its military had intercepted eight missiles fired from Iran that entered Jordanian airspace on Sunday, Reuters reported, citing state TV.
The announcement came after U.S. forces struck two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island on Sunday, U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins told Fox News.
Posted by Emma Bussey
4 hours ago
Oil prices spike after US strikes Iran’s Larak Island
Hormuz
Oil prices rose more than 2% in early Monday trading in Singapore, with Brent crude climbing above $90 a barrel.
The gains came after U.S. forces struck two Iranian missile launchers on Iran’s Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran responded by attacking U.S. forces in Jordan, a source told Fox News’ Trey Yingst.
Brent crude futures climbed $2.22, or 2.52%, to $90.32 a barrel as of 2202 GMT, while U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.01, or 2.41%, to $85.41 a barrel, Reuters reported.
Posted by Emma Bussey
4 hours ago
IRGC claims combined missile, drone attacks on two US air bases in Jordan
Jordan / Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed Sunday that it had launched a combined ballistic missile and drone attack on two U.S. air bases in Jordan in response to the U.S. strike on Iran’s Larak Island.
Citing a statement carried by Tasnim News, Iran International reported that the IRGC said it targeted technical and maintenance infrastructure, as well as areas where fighter jets were stationed, also claiming to have inflicted “heavy damage.”
Reuters reported that Iranian media claimed the targets were King Hussein Air Base and Al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan.
Posted by Emma Bussey
4 hours ago
The Iran war is quietly driving up one cost that could make housing even harder to afford
Workers are seen framing a home on a construction site.
The war with Iran is putting new pressure on an issue President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans cannot afford to lose sight of before the midterm elections: housing affordability.
Rising diesel prices are making it more expensive to build homes at a time when buyers are already confronting high mortgage rates and a limited supply of affordable options. The national average price of on-highway diesel recently reached $5.65 a gallon, nearly $2 higher than a year ago, according to Energy Information Administration data.
Diesel does not show up directly on a homebuyer’s closing documents, but it touches nearly every part of the construction process. It fuels the trucks that deliver lumber, concrete and appliances, as well as the heavy equipment that prepares lots and builds new homes.
The Trump administration has made lowering housing costs a central second-term goal, focusing on reducing regulations, speeding up permitting and increasing supply. But the conflict in Iran has created a new economic headwind: higher energy costs that can erase savings elsewhere in the building process.
Builders are already contending with elevated financing, labor and material costs. Add more expensive fuel, and it becomes harder to deliver the lower-priced homes families need.
That leaves the administration with a difficult task heading into November: making progress on affordability while an overseas war raises costs at home.
Posted by Amanda Macias
5 hours ago
The war with Iran is fueling a new global rush for gold as uncertainty rattles markets
A woman is seen walking by an advertisement for gold bars.
As the war with Iran rattles energy markets and raises fears of a wider regional conflict, governments around the world are turning to one of the oldest safe havens, gold.
Central banks have been quietly building their gold reserves amid a mix of inflation concerns, mounting government debt, trade tensions and geopolitical instability.
A World Gold Council survey found that 89% of central banks expect global gold reserves to rise over the next year, while a record 45% said they plan to increase their own holdings.
The Iran conflict has added fresh urgency to those concerns. Disruptions to oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have pushed up energy prices and highlighted how quickly a regional crisis can ripple through the global economy.
Gold is attractive because it is not tied to the policies or financial health of any single country.
During periods of war, market volatility and currency uncertainty, it can offer governments a way to diversify their reserves and protect against shocks. China has drawn much of the attention, but Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, the Czech Republic, Chile, Jordan and Ghana have also been among the biggest buyers.
The buying spree is a signal that many countries expect the uncertainty surrounding Iran, inflation and global growth to persist.
Posted by Amanda Macias
5 hours ago
Iran warns US ‘retaliation is coming,’ official says ‘just run!’ after Larak Island strike
The head of the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, warned Sunday of retaliation after U.S. forces struck two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island.
“Retesting our will only makes the cost of your humiliating defeats even heavier,” Ebrahim Azizi said in a post on X.
“Undoubtedly, no crime, at any level, goes unanswered; a response that is devastating, more painful, and instructive, which will complete the chain of your failures,” he added before warning Washington: “Wait in fear and terror!”
“Test our will once more, and pay a heavier price. Retaliation is coming,” Azizi said before adding: “JUST RUN!”
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson Hossein Mohebi also called the attack a “strategic and fatal mistake” by Washington in its economic war, saying it would shift the balance against those who planned it and carry significant costs, according to Iran International.
Posted by Emma Bussey
6 hours ago
Trump taps world’s largest oil reserves as Iran war rattles energy markets
President Donald Trump’s new oil deal with Venezuela could give the U.S. another source of crude as the war with Iran continues to disrupt global energy markets.
Trump announced the U.S. had secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves through a partnership with private businesses. Venezuela holds more than 300 billion barrels of proven reserves, the largest oil stockpile in the world.
The agreement comes as the conflict with Iran has sharply curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint that handled roughly 20% of global petroleum flows before the war. The disruption has helped push U.S. gasoline prices above $4 a gallon, while the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen below 300 million barrels.
Trump’s Venezuela deal could eventually provide additional heavy crude for U.S. Gulf Coast refineries and give Washington another tool to bolster energy security and replenish the strategic reserve.
But the impact will not be immediate. Venezuela’s oil infrastructure has deteriorated after years of underinvestment, and significantly increasing production could take years.
The agreement therefore represents a long-term energy bet — one that could become increasingly important if the Iran conflict continues to squeeze global oil supplies.
Posted by Amanda Macias
6 hours ago
CENTCOM redirects 83 ships, disables 3 enforcing Iran port blockade
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday that its forces have redirected 83 ships and disabled three others while enforcing the blockade of Iranianports in the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM also released an image of a sailor directing an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter onto the flight deck of the USS Delbert D. Black as the guided-missile destroyer operated in the Arabian Sea.
“As of Aug. 30, CENTCOM forces have redirected 83 commercial vessels, disabled 3 and boarded 2 to ensure compliance with the blockade,” the force said in a post shared on X.
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