Miami (EFE).- The United States military launched strikes against Iran on Friday in retaliation for an attack by the Islamic Republic on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz from the day before. The strike occurred despite an agreement between Tehran and Washington to reopen the waterway, according to US Central Command (Centcom).
US aircraft targeted Iranian drone and missile storage facilities, as well as coastal radar bases, the Florida-based Centcom said in a statement, accusing Iran of violating the ceasefire.
The military command justified the strikes as a “powerful response” to Iran’s Thursday attack on the Singapore-flagged vessel M/V Ever Lovely as it was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the coast of Oman.
Central Command denounced the “unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces” as a clear violation of the ceasefire.
“Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor,” it stated.
