U.S. strikes Iranian targets

The U.S. subject has launched constricted antiaircraft strikes astatine Iranian targets adjacent the Strait of Hormuz, 3 U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News.

A elder U.S. authoritative said the strikes targeted Iran's Qeshm Island aft Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired astatine an American aircraft.

The Wall Street Journal first reported connected the strikes connected Monday.

The strikes came connected the eve of Election Day, arsenic President Trump floats restarting hostilities with Iran aft the midterms and arsenic the U.S. and Qatari mediators broker talks connected a U.S.-Iran deal.

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