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Reuters · Iran · 2 Sept 2026

The military's claims carry no caveat, the headline editorialises, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.

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  • Amend the headline so that it does not position the US military as the sole framing agent to the left of the harm verb 'strikes', and so that it includes a human descriptor or reference to the scale or consequences of the strikes, for example: 'Iran struck in latest US military wave, IRGC targets hit, casualties unconfirmed.'
  • Add a clear verification caveat to the opening paragraph and to every subsequent paragraph that relies solely on US military or CENTCOM claims, stating explicitly that Reuters was unable to independently verify the military's account of what was struck.
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US military says it completed latest wave of strikes on Iran

WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said late on ​Tuesday it completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran , saying it struck ‌Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets as the Iran war escalated following a weekend exchange of fire. U.S. forces struck IRGC targets "including air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications ​sites," the U.S. Central Command said on X. Sign up here. An Axios report, citing ​U.S. officials, said the U.S. military attacked two Iranian government tankers in ⁠Tuesday's strikes. Iran retaliated on Tuesday to the barrage of U.S. strikes, as the ​exchange marked the most serious escalation in weeks in a conflict that has driven ​up global energy prices. The strikes followed a weekend exchange of fire, the first since late July, and attacks on Monday on two tankers leaving the Strait of Hormuz, the global oil supply ​waterway that Iran has effectively closed to shipping. Tehran struck back at U.S. assets ​in Jordan, Bahrain and Iraq. A screengrab from a video obtained from social media on September 1, 2026, shows a missile launch on the day U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said U.S. forces carried out strikes on Iranian... Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Read more Five people were killed and 50 wounded at a wedding near Sirik, ‌a ⁠coastal area on the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Red Crescent reported. The Mehr news agency said a 4-year-old child was among those killed, while the IRNA news agency, citing a provincial official, put the number of wounded at 68. The U.S. and ​Israel attacked Iran on ​February 28 and ⁠Iran responded with its own strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host U.S. bases. U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Israeli attacks on ​Lebanon have killed thousands and displaced millions . U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said ​17 million ⁠barrels of oil transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, saying it marked the highest level of crude oil to pass through the waterway since the war had reduced flows. ⁠President Donald ​Trump said on Tuesday he was "not trying to ​force Iran to the bargaining table." "When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?" Trump wrote ​on social media. Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Stephen Coates Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East Worker Rights X Facebook Linkedin Email Link Purchase Licensing Rights Kanishka Singh Thomson Reuters Kanishka Singh is a breaking news reporter for Reuters in Washington DC, who primarily covers US politics and national affairs in his current role. His past breaking news coverage has spanned across a range of topics like the Black Lives Matter movement; the US elections; the 2021 Capitol riots and their follow up probes; the Brexit deal; US-China trade tensions; the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan; the COVID-19 pandemic; and a 2019 Supreme Court verdict on a religious dispute site in his native India. Email X

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