US completes airstrikes on Iran, targets over 80 sites

The United States military declared on Wednesday that it has concluded its airstrike operations against Iran, having successfully targeted more than 80 locations. This action followed an Iranian attack on a commercial vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the U.S. Central Command, which oversees American forces in the Middle East, the new airstrikes were completed. This announcement came just over four and a half hours after the U.S. initially stated it was resuming strikes.

The precision-guided munitions struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar bases, anti-ship missile capabilities, and approximately 60 small vessels belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Central Command also identified the nationalities of the three merchant ships attacked by Iran as Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Liberia.

"Iran's unprovoked attacks are a clear and dangerous violation of the ceasefire and undermine freedom of navigation," the Central Command emphasized. It added, "We will continue to maintain a state of readiness to hold Iran accountable should it fail to abide by the terms of the agreement."