The US military said overnight Wednesday that it had launched a ”series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs” for attacking ships in the

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’.

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.

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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.

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.

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

WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has launched a series of strikes against Iran, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday, adding that the strikes were in response to what…

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.

US CENTCOM has claimed responsibility for the explosions heard in Southern Iran early Wednesday morning.

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

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

The US military said overnight Wednesday that it had launched a ”series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs” for attacking ships in the

The US military says its forces have started launching new strikes against Iran.