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In Short: The U.S. launched another round of strikes on Iran, aiming to thwart attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran declared the strait closed and claimed to have targeted U.S. facilities in retaliation.
The U.S. Central Command announced another round of strikes on Iran on Sunday, targeting military sites in an effort to prevent attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global oil supplies.
President Donald Trump directed the strikes, which followed a Saturday attack on a Cyprus-flagged container ship in the strait. CENTCOM stated that the goal was to hold Iranian forces accountable for their actions.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy declared the strait closed, blaming foreign interference and attempting to prevent unauthorized vessels from passing through. The Revolutionary Guard claimed to have struck a transiting ship.
In response, the U.S. Central Command stated that the strait remains open and that Iran's claim is false, while Iran vowed revenge for the 'martyred leader' and threatened further attacks on U.S. facilities in the region.
Background
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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- The U.S. launched another round of strikes on Iran on Sunday, part of an effort it said was intended to thwart its attacks on traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway crucial to the world’s oil supply.
- ET, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
- The goal was to curb Iran’s ability to target commercial shipping in the strait at a time when the U.S. has declared it open for business and Iran has said it’s closed.
- President Donald Trump directed the strikes, as he did those launched Saturday, “to hold Iranian forces accountable,” CENTCOM said.
- The strikes the U.S. launched Saturday were retaliation for Iran’s attack on a Cyprus-flagged container ship in the waterway, CENTCOM said.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy declared the strait closed Saturday ET, blaming foreign interference and attempts by several vessels to pass through unauthorized routes, and said it struck one…
- At the conclusion of the Saturday strikes, it said, U.S. forces had hit 140 military targets, including Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities and coastal surveillance locations.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday it had targeted U.S. military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, destroyed radar systems in Oman, and hit fuel tanks and ammunition depots at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan.