West Asia Conflict : US Strikes Iran After Trump Blames Tehran For Downing Army Helicopter

10th June 2026 at 9:21 AM

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New York : The US launched military strikes on Iranian targets after President Donald Trump accused Tehran of shooting down an American Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. According to the US military, the operation was a “proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.” A US official told Reuters that the Apache helicopter was brought down by an Iranian one-way attack drone.

The strikes were described by US Central Command as “self-defense” actions in response to the helicopter’s downing. The US military said CENTCOM forces struck Iranian air defense systems, ground control stations and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz. It added that US forces have completed their strikes against Iran. Explosions were reported across parts of southern Iran early Wednesday. Iran’s Fars news agency said blasts were heard in eastern areas of Hormozgan province, while Mehr news agency reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas.

Abbas Araghchi warned the United States against further military action, saying that despite what he described as US “defeats on the battlefield,” Washington had chosen to test Iran’s resolve. He said Iran’s armed forces would leave “no attack or threat unanswered” and urged foreign forces to leave the region if they wanted to remain safe. Araghchi also invoked the history of the Persian Gulf, saying it contains many examples of the “dire fates of intruding outsiders,” in a clear warning following US strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain with drones in retaliation for US strikes on locations in southern Iran earlier on Wednesday, according to state media reports. The Guards said clashes were ongoing and warned of a “more severe response” if what they described as continued US aggression persisted. They also said the US strikes damaged a telecommunications tower and two water tanks in the Iranian port town of Sirik.