# How will Iran retaliate over strikes on Larak Island?

https://mins.news/en/video/39087

- TRT World, 2026-08-31 17:24 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy_abrQzfQM

> The US military has struck Iran in what is described as the first known American attack on the country since late July. Omid Memarian, a senior Iran analyst and communications director at Democracy for the Arab World Now, offers an explanation of what may follow.

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