BlockBeats message: On September 2, U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media, “U.S. forces are striking Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz. This strike is large in scale and powerful, and is a response to Iran’s mining of the Strait of Hormuz (the Strait currently has no mines; they have been fully cleared or detonated) and Iran’s launch of eight missiles at the U.S. military base in Jordan (all of them were successfully intercepted).

If this failed Iranian state seeks retaliation for this fully justified attack, they will face even more fierce and higher-intensity strikes—but this is not the deadliest attack. The final strike is being prepared; once it ends, Iran will be left with little to nothing.”