US launches fresh airstrikes on Iran’s IRGC targets

The United States has launched caller airstrikes connected targets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, the US Central Command, CENTCOM, has confirmed.

CENTCOM said the strikes began astatine 12 p.m. Eastern Time connected Tuesday, pursuing caller attacks and attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercialized shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz and US work members deployed successful the region.

“Today astatine 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets successful Iran. The strikes travel caller attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercialized shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz and against American work members deployed to the region,” CENTCOM said successful a station connected X.

The strikes came aft US President Donald Trump vowed that Washington would respond forcefully to attacks connected US bases successful Jordan implicit the weekend.

Iran has attacked 8 commercialized vessels successful the Strait of Hormuz since its blockade of ships sailing to and from Iranian ports resumed connected July 14, according to ...