US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the United States launched new airstrikes on "multiple targets" in Iran overnight on Thursday, hours after US President Donald Trump said the US would hit Iran “hard”.
CENTCOM said the strikes were initiated “in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression.”
Iranian state-run media has reported explosions in western Tehran, on Kish island in the Strait of Hormuz as well as Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Qeshm and Minab, while air defence was said to be in action in Fars province.
Further clashes between US forces and IRGC naval units have broken out in the strait, according to the Tehran regime's semi-official news agency Mehr.
Trump warned on Wednesday that he would renew attacks on Iran, saying Tehran's peace negotiators "keep playing us for suckers".
