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U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced on Tuesday night that it completed an additional round of strikes on “dozens” of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s coastal region at 10 p.m. EDT.
The strikes came after the U.S. resumed a naval blockade at 4 p.m. EDT, with over 20 U.S. Navy warships and hundreds of military aircraft operating in the Middle East.
“U.S. fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels launched precision munitions against Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, and coastal defense systems during the seven-hour wave to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews,” according to Centcom in a statement.
The initial blockade ended on June 18. On Monday, President Trump announced that the U.S. would be “reimbursed” 20 percent of all cargo shipped through the strait. He announced the next day, however, that he had “decided to replace” it with “Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States.”
Tuesday marked the fourth day of U.S. strikes against Iran. The U.S. struck Iranian military targets across the country on Monday, including in Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas.
“We’re going to hit them very hard tonight, we’re going to hit them very hard tomorrow night, we’re going to hit them very hard the night after, and then next week it gets really bad for them,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’s Trey Yingst on Tuesday night. “Because next week comes the power plants, next week comes the bridges.”
Claire Leibowitz contributed reporting.
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