Iranians walk near a banner of late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. The conflicts between Iran and the USA over the Strait of Hormuz continue, as US strikes have targeted several locations across southern Iran. Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA
July 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. military struck Iran for a ninth consecutive night on Sunday as the war over the Strait of Hormuz showed no sign of abating.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement that it completed its latest wave of attacks "to further diminish Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz" at 10 p.m. EDT. Targets included Iranian military command centers, maritime capabilities and communications networks, as well as missile and drone launch sites and air defense and coastal surveillance sites, it said.
Explosions were reported in Bandar-e Mahshahr and Bandar Imam Khomeini, in Khuzestan province, by state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting .
"The U.S. military is holding Iran accountable at the Commander in Chief's direction," CENTCOM said.
