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US retaliates after Iran downs chopper: Update

  • Märkte: Crude oil, Freight, Natural gas
  • 09.06.26

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The US military carried out retaliatory strikes on targets in Iran after Iran shot down a US military helicopter patrolling the strait of Hormuz earlier Tuesday.

The US forces began launching "self-defense" strikes at 5pm ET (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday, and will keep its mission "proportional" to the Iranian attack, said the US Central Command (Centcom), which oversees the Middle East-based US forces.

President Donald Trump earlier on Tuesday ordered the Pentagon to retaliate against Iran following what he said was the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter near the coast of Oman by Iran. The two crew members were safe, according to Centcom.

Iran's foreign ministry and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued statements on Tuesday that appeared to disavow direct responsibility for the downing of the US military helicopter. "Foreign forces in proximity to our territory are at constant risk on account of their own human errors, plain accidents, or potentially being caught in crossfire," Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said in a social media post.

Iran will deliver "a decisive response" if the US renews hostilities following "the pretext of a helicopter crash", according to news agency Tasnim, which is linked to the IRGC.

Low-intensity fighting between US and Iranian forces has flared up repeatedly since late May. The US has targeted Iranian military infrastructure around the strait of Hormuz and Iran responded with missile and drone attacks against vessels passing through the strait and US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.

The incident on Tuesday marks the first loss of a US military aircraft since the US and Iran declared a ceasefire on 8 April.

Despite fighting underway, Trump since 22 May has repeatedly described a US-Iran peace deal as practically finalized. "We have ongoing negotiations in Iran and with Iran, that hasn't stopped," Trump said late on Monday. "And we could have at least an idea by one or two days from now, but I think it's going well."


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