BREAKING: US Clobbers Iran With New Round Of Strikes

U.S. forces unleashed fresh strikes on Iran late Tuesday, hammering targets in the port cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirik and on Qeshm Island.

Explosions rocked the three strategic locations before U.S. Central Command confirmed the operation.

“Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.”

Iran has attacked eight commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz since the blockade on ships traveling to or from Iranian ports resumed July 14.

Four of the attacks occurred since last Monday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors reports of maritime attacks across the Middle East.

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The new bombardment marked a sharp escalation following roughly a month without U.S. military action inside Iran.

American forces recently destroyed Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island after CENTCOM said they posed a threat to ships in the strait. Tehran retaliated by firing missiles at U.S. installations in Jordan, while the United Arab Emirates intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters.

The renewed fighting comes months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran in February. President Trump later paused Operation Epic Fury as Washington and Tehran pursued a broader agreement aimed at ending hostilities and restoring commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Those diplomatic efforts have since unraveled, leaving the critical waterway at the center of the conflict.

The violence has again rattled global energy markets because the narrow passage served as a route for roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply before the war. Iran’s crude exports have plunged under the American blockade, choking off a major source of cash for Tehran as its battered economy faces mounting pressure.

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