For the third night in a row, and the fifth time in a week, the US launched a series of strikes on southern Iran in what is now a battle over control of the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement issued over night, U.S. Central Command said “U.S. forces successfully struck military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas to further degrade Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping. CENTCOM forces employed precision munitions against Iranian coastal defense systems, missile and drone sites, and maritime capabilities.”
Moments after the military announced the new strikes, President Trump called it “another major attack,” reported AP. “We’re hitting them very hard. And it’ll continue, and we’ll see what happens,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re knocking out all of their offensive capability and we’re controlling the straits. We’re putting the blockade back.”
Centcom also announced that per Trump’s orders, the US will resume the blockade of Iranian ports at 4 PM ET today.