President Donald Trump says the latest strikes by the US deed Iran "very hard", adding that the attacks were "in honour" of 3 US soldiers killed successful caller days - 2 successful Jordan, 1 successful Iraq.
In the aboriginal hours of Monday section time, US Central Command (Centcom) said it had launched a "new wave" of strikes for the ninth consecutive nighttime arsenic explosions were heard crossed Iran.
The US said it had targeted subject sites and communications networks to "further diminish" Tehran's attacks connected vessels successful the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran said it had responded with a "surprise attack" successful Syria and targeted US craft astatine Jordan's Aqaba airport.
Elsewhere successful the region, Kuwait's equipped forces said they had intercepted Iranian drones.
On the US strikes, Iran's semi-official Tasnim quality bureau reported that respective cities had been deed including Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Mahshahr and Bandar Imam Khomeini.
There were besides Iranian authorities media reports that 2 lipid tankers had exploded arsenic the vessels tried to transverse the strait.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the tankers were going done what it called an "unsafe and hazardous confederate route" of the strait and "exploded and were brought to a halt". Centcom disputed the claims.
The IRGC added that the strait "will not beryllium harmless for the transit of petrochemical products, nor adjacent a azygous driblet of lipid and gas" arsenic agelong arsenic the US strikes proceed and that it volition respond with a "punitive operation".
Over the weekend, the US confirmed that a service subordinate had been killed aft an Iranian onslaught successful bluish Iraq connected Saturday.
The decease came a time aft an attack connected a basal successful Jordan wherever 2 US soldiers were killed and different was reported missing. The US said "unidentified remains" had been found, with verification of the remains ongoing.
As the strikes continued implicit the play betwixt the US and Iran, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US "always remains unfastened to a diplomatic solution".
He besides said "the satellite has to determine whether oregon not it's going to let an planetary waterway to beryllium nether the control" of Iran, saying Tehran was utilizing the important shipping way arsenic leverage.
His comments travel arsenic a preliminary woody made successful mid-June to halt warring has unravelled, with negotiations for a imperishable bid making small advancement aft Trump declared the statement was "over" connected 8 July.
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