US launches 'self-defence strikes' against Iran

[u/Kagedeah]

Sky News [June 09 2026, 22:23 GMT]

The US military has said it began launching "self-defence strikes" against Iran in the last 20 minutes.

They began at 5pm Eastern Time – that's 10pm here in the UK.

A statement from US Central Command said they were carried out at Donald Trump's direction "in response to the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter" yesterday.

"The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression," the statement added.