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CENTCOM Refutes IRGC Claim, Says It Took Limited Precise Action Against IRGC Mine-laying Forces

U.S. Central Command: “U.S. forces took limited, precise action against IRGC minelaying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz.”

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Aug 31, 2026
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MIDDLE EAST — U.S. Central Command has refuted the claim by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that strikes by the United States were an “act of aggression”, stating that the U.S. took limited, precise action against IRGC mine-laying forces that posed an imminent threat to civilian mariners, commercial shipping and the free flow of global commerce…

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