冲突已持续近九个月，美国和伊朗正在为霍尔木兹海峡的控制权展开激烈争夺，双方近日均袭击了海峡内的岛屿。
The U.S. and Iran are waging a fierce battle over control of the Strait of Hormuz nearly nine months into the conflict, with both sides striking islands in the waterway in recent days.
美国部队近几周悄悄对伊朗最大岛屿——格什姆岛实施了一系列打击，伊斯兰革命卫队曾利用该岛发射无人机和导弹。周二，伊朗官方媒体称，德黑兰袭击了一个对协助船只通过该水道航行至关重要的阿曼小岛。
U.S. forces have quietly carried out a series of strikes in recent weeks on Qeshm Island—Iran’s largest island—which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has used to launch drones and missiles. On Tuesday, Iranian state media said that Tehran had hit a small Omani island that is key to aiding the navigation of ships transiting the waterway.