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US-Iran War Live Updates: Iran vows ‘crushing response’ as US hits 80 targets | World News

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US strikes on Iran resumed after three tankers were hit projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo/X@CENTCOM)US-Iran War Live Updates: The US military on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday launched fresh strikes targeting Iran after three tankers were hit projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington also revoked a license allowing Tehran to sell oil, escalating tensions in the region amid an already fragile ceasefire. Iran has said that it will respond in kind.
US says over 80 targets hit: The US Central Command said that it hit over 80 targets in Iran, calling the attacks an “immediate response” to the latest strikes Tehran on commercial ships. The strikes, according to CENTCOM, targeted Iranian air defence 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 Hormuz.Story continues below this ad
“U.S. forces struck Iranian air defence 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) to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international commerce flowing through the international trade corridor,” it said in a statement.
“The unwarranted aggression Iranian forces is a clear and dangerous violation of the ceasefire and undermines freedom of navigation,” CENTCOM added.
Iranian military command vows ‘crushing response’ to US strikes: Iran’s top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, early on Wednesday (July 8), said that the United States committed a “blatant act of aggression” targeting parts of southern Iran, further vowing a “crushing response”. It further warned that Tehran will not tolerate US interference in managing the Hormuz.
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