US launches new strikes on Iran

U.S. Central Command said its forces carried out a new round of offensive strikes against Iran on July 7, hitting more than 80 targets with precision munitions.

CENTCOM said the strikes were an immediate response to Iran’s latest attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

The command said U.S. forces targeted Iranian air defence systems, command-and-control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities and more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats in and near the strait.

According to CENTCOM, Iran recently attacked three commercial vessels transiting the strait: the Marshall Islands-flagged M/T Al Rekayyat, the Saudi Arabia-flagged M/T Wedyan and the Liberian-flagged M/T Cyprus Prosperity.

CENTCOM described the attacks as a violation of the ceasefire and a threat to freedom of navigation through the international trade corridor.

The command said U.S. forces remained prepared to hold Iran accountable if the agreement was not observed.

N.Tebrizli