US forces have launched “additional strikes” on Iran, with the US military’s Central Command saying the attacks were designed “to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”.
Iranian media reported explosions in Sirik, Bushehr, Konarak and Chabahar, with air defence systems activated in several areas.
President Trump says the latest strikes were carried out in retaliation for what he described as Iran’s bombing of ships a day earlier. “If it happens again, it will get much worse!” Trump wrote on social media.
This morning, the US president also told reporters that the MoU with Tehran was “over” before firing off a series of insults.
In response to Trump’s comments at the NATO summit, Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iranians “do not answer vulgarity with vulgarity, but with action: fearlessly and with great valor”.
