The strikes targeted Qeshm Island, where Iranian state media confirmed several explosions took place on Monday. The military action followed a February escalation that began with joint US-Israeli strikes, which has contributed to falling poll numbers for Donald Trump. Trump maintained the US has crippled Iran economically and is in no rush to expand attacks, though he publicly floated a swift strike against a nuclear-linked site named Pickaxe. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that Tehran is engaged in mediated negotiations and remains ready for either diplomacy or war.
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The US has launched strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, US officials have told CBS, the BBC's US partner.
Iranian state news agency IRNA reported several explosions on the island on Monday.
The US officials described the strikes as limited and said they were in response to the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) firing upon a US aircraft.
The BBC has contacted US Central Command (Centcom), the part of the US military responsible for operations in the Middle East, for comment.
It comes ahead of the US midterm elections, which will determine whether the Republicans or Democrats control Congress.
Trump has been facing falling polling numbers and pressure from within his party to end the war, which began when the US and Israel attacked Iran in February.
Earlier on Monday, he told reporters that he was in "no rush" to ramp up strikes on Iran.
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