The United States launched a new wave of military strikes against Iran overnight, targeting more than 80 sites after Washington accused Tehran of attacking three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a move that has placed the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire under renewed strain.
According to U.S. Central Command, the operation targeted Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar installations, anti-ship missile capabilities, drone launch sites, port infrastructure and more than 60 small boats operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in and around the strategic waterway. The military said the strikes were intended to “impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway,” calling Iran’s actions “unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire.”
The attacks marked the first known U.S. strikes on Iran since the exchange of attacks between the two countries late last month. American officials said the operation was launched in direct response to Iranian strikes on three civilian vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state media reported explosions in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island and Sirik, where several projectiles struck military and port areas. Authorities said several people were injured by shrapnel, while fishing boats caught fire near the affected ports. No civilian deaths were immediately reported.
