US attacks 80 Iranian targets in Strait of Hormuz

U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces had completed a new round of retaliatory strikes on Tuesday. The strikes hit more than 80 targets, including Iranian air-defense 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 of Hormuz, aiming to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international commerce.

Iran had recently attacked three commercial vessels: the Marshall Islands-flagged Al Rekayyat, the Saudi Arabia-flagged Wedyan, and the Liberian-flagged Cyprus Prosperity, according to CENTCOM. It reiterated its previous statement that “the unwarranted aggression by Iranian forces is a clear and dangerous violation of the ceasefire and undermines freedom of navigation.”

CENTCOM forces “remain postured and prepared to hold Iran accountable when the agreement is not adhered to or obeyed,” according to the statement.

Sirens sounded in Bahrain on Wednesday as the Gulf kingdom’s Interior Ministry urged citizens to seek safety, according to a post on X. The warning came after the IRGC said it launched missiles and drones at 85 U.S. military sites across Bahrain and Kuwait in response to the latest wave of American strikes.

Following the renewed strikes, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf accused Washington of committing “major violations” of the ceasefire deal known as the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.

In a post on X on Wednesday, Ghalibaf listed what he described as U.S. violations. These included “persistent threats of further strikes,” the reinstatement of oil sanctions, attacks on southern Iran and continued Israeli military action in Lebanon. “The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere. We don’t fold,” he wrote.