The US has launched strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, US officers have informed CBS, the BBC’s US accomplice.

Iranian state information company IRNA reported several explosions on the island on Monday.

The US officers described the strikes as restricted and said they were in response to the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) firing upon a US plane.

The BBC has contacted US Central Command (Centcom), the half of the US army accountable for operations in the Middle East, for remark.

It comes forward of the US midterm elections, which will decide whether the Republicans or Democrats management Congress.

Trump has been dealing with falling polling numbers and strain from within his celebration to finish the struggle, which started when the US and Israel attacked Iran in February.

Earlier on Monday, he informed reporters that he was in “no rush” to ramp up strikes on Iran.

“One way or the other, we will do something, but there is no rush. We crippled them financially,” he informed information outlet Axios. “They have no money, no gasoline and their people are getting very tired of it.”

He also said the US “might need to go after Pickaxe”, a web site linked to Iran’s nuclear programme, in an interview with Fox News on the eve of the midterm elections.

This was “not a big deal” and could be accomplished in “one hour”, Trump added.

There has been mounting hypothesis in the last few days that the US may resume important strikes in Iran again after the midterms. But requested by a reporter on Monday if that was the case, Trump said “no”.

Iran’s international minister Abbas Araghchi informed the IRNA earlier that “very intensive” talks to attempt and finish the struggle are under approach with the US via mediators.

He also said Tehran was ready for both diplomatic and army eventualities “more than ever before” and that it was up to the US to select between a “wise path” of negotiation or the “mistake of military aggression”.