Live: US launches fresh strikes on Iranian targets
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- The US military launched fresh strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran, with explosions reported in Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Qeshm island.
- President Donald Trump said the attacks retaliated against alleged Iranian attempts to place sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz and fire missiles at a US base in Jordan.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that the United States would regret the attacks, while Iranian media reported missile and drone strikes against US bases and interests in the region.
The United States has launched a new wave of strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in port cities along the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks have pushed the confrontation between Washington and Tehran into another dangerous phase.
The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.
US Central Command said the strikes targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps positions. It said they followed attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed in the region.
Iranian state media reported explosions in Bandar Abbas and Sirik, as well as on Qeshm island. The strikes came shortly before midnight in Iran.
The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians' failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan.
President Donald Trump said the attacks were retaliation for what he described as Iran’s failed attempt to add sea mines to the Strait. He also said Iran had fired eight missiles at a US military base in Jordan, all of which were intercepted. Trump warned that any Iranian retaliation would bring further attacks, saying the next strike could be much harder.
will regret its new attacks
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responded with a warning from its spokesperson, Hossein Mohebi, who said the United States “will regret its new attacks” and that “severe punishment awaits the aggressors.” Iran’s Tasnim news agency later reported that an Iranian operation had begun, with missiles and drones targeting US bases and interests in the region.
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