“US says it is striking Iran in response to helicopter shootdown US forces carried out "proportional" strikes against Iran on Tuesday in response to the Islamic Republic shooting down an Apache attack helicopter the day before, the US military said. American forces "began launching self-defence strikes against Iran, at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief's direction, in response to yesterday's downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter," US Central Command said in a post on X. "The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression," it added.
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