US forces carried out “self-defense strikes” against Iran hours after President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for shooting down an American military helicopter off the coast of Oman. US Central Command said its forces “struck Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz with precision munitions” from fighter jets. Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that several explosions were heard on Qeshm Island, in the Bandar Abbas region of southern Iran, as well as along the southern coast. Centcom described the operation as a “proportional response to recent attacks on U.S. ... (full story)