The United States launched a major new wave of air strikes against Iran early Wednesday, targeting more than 80 military sites in what officials described as a direct response to Tehran's latest attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

US forces launched strikes on Iran on Tuesday after three commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, sharply escalating a confrontation that…

US forces launched strikes on Iran on Tuesday after three commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, sharply escalating a confrontation that…

US Central Command said it launched the strikes ‘to impose heavy costs’ for attacking commercial shipping ... in an international waterway’.

The US Central Command confirmed strikes had been launched against Iran in retaliation for attacks on three tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

US strikes in Iran come a day after Qatari, Saudi tankers hit in attacks in Strait of Hormuz.

An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, prepares to launch from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN…

Latest assaults in key global shipping lane were the most in a single day since late April, says UN agency

The strikes were in response to what it said were Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the waterway, US Central Command said.

The US strikes targeted Iranian air-defence systems, coastal-surveillance systems, surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship cruise missiles and drone-launch sites, a US official said.

US Central command announced the new strikes as an uneasy ceasefire continued to deteriorate between the two nations.

According to the US military, the strikes were carried out in response to attacks by the Islamic Republic on three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz

US Central Command said the strikes were carried out “to impose heavy costs” for attacks on commercial shipping.

US Central Command said the strikes were carried out “to impose heavy costs” for attacks on commercial shipping.

The US military has launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets after three merchant ships were struck in the waters off Oman

US Central Command said the strikes were carried out “to impose heavy costs” for attacks on commercial shipping.

The United States launched a series of strikes against Iranian targets early Wednesday after three merchant ships were struck in waters off Oman.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The US military launched new strikes against Iran early Wednesday, hours after three merchant ships were struck in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest…

This marks the first known US military strikes against Iran since late last month

U.S. strikes Iran after Hormuz attacks; Tehran threatens retaliation, escalating tensions over maritime security and energy supplies.

U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that it launched "powerful strikes" against Iran in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.