The U.S. Strikes Iran After Trump Vowed to Retaliate

American forces launched strikes on Iran this afternoon in response to the downing of an Army attack helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.“The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” the U.S.

military said in a statement.Here’s the latest.Hours before the attacks, President Trump accused Iran of shooting down the American aircraft and promised to strike back.

Both of the U.S.crew members, the pilot and the gunner, were rescued within two hours of the crash by a remotely piloted aquatic drone, a military spokesman said.

The advanced helicopter had been taken down by an Iranian one-way attack drone, a U.S.official said.The strikes came after Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon in their fight against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia, despite a new U.S.-brokered cease-fire.For more: American and Iranian negotiators have zeroed in on four major elements of a nuclear agreement that U.S.

officials say would grind the program to a halt for 15 years or so....