War in the Middle East: the United States announces strikes "proportionate" against Iran after the attack on an American helicopter

The United States announced on the evening of Tuesday June 9 that it had carried out strikes “proportionnées” against Iran after the attack on an Apache helicopter the day before. The American army has “began carrying out retaliatory strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. [23 heures à Paris] by order of the Commander in Chief, in response to the destruction of an Apache helicopter”the US military command for the Middle East told X, adding that “the mission was a proportionate response to unjustified Iranian aggression”.

During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, explosions were heard on the southern coast of Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian media. Explosions were heard near the island of Qechm and the port towns of Bandar Abbas and Djask, on the southern coast of Iran, according to the Iranian Mehr agency, which reports “enemy projectiles”. “The situation has calmed down”wrote at 12:15 a.m. Paris time, the official Tasnim news agency on Telegram.

“The response should be very strong, very powerful”said the American president, according to comments reported by ABC, which specifies that the conversation ended just before the United States announced these strikes against Iran. “The Iranians shot down one of our highly advanced Apache helicopters last night as it flew over the Strait of Hormuz.”the American president had written a little earlier on his Truth Social network, specifying that the two pilots were unharmed.