The US military said it had completed a fresh wave of air strikes on targets inside Iran to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after President Donald Trump said he was reinstating a blockade of the key waterway.
“These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in astatementlate on July 13, the third consecutive day of initiating attacks.
CENTCOM later added that, during the five-hour operation, US forces successfully struck military targets across Iran, further degrading Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping.
Iranian state media reported explosions on several islands of Iran’s southern coast, including Kish, Qeshm, and Abu Musa.
