US forces launched strikes on Iran for a third straight night early on Tuesday, as hostilities escalate despite US President Donald Trump saying a deal was "still possible".
US Central Command wrote on X that its forces "successfully struck military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas" in an operation that lasted five hours.
Moments after the military announced the new strikes, Trump called it “another major attack.”
“We’re hitting them very hard. And it’ll continue, and we’ll see what happens,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re knocking out all of their offensive capability and we’re controlling the straits. We’re putting the blockade back.”
Iran responded by launching strikes on Bahrain as well as two UAE-linked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
