The U.S. has launched “large and powerful” strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said Tuesday on Truth Social.
\n\nTrump said that the attack was “retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait,” adding that the mines had been “removed or detonated.” It was also in response to an Iranian missile launch at an American military base in Jordan, he said.
\n\nIf the Islamic Republic retaliates, Trump said, “they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings.” When that is over, he added, “there will be very little left” of the country.
\n\nU.S. Central Command said on X at 12:34 p.m. ET that it had targeted “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran.”
\n\nCENTCOM said that it had concluded strikes in a post on X at 6:33 p.m. ET.
\n\n“U.S. forces struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets including air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites,” CENTCOM said. “The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in…
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