The U.S. military said it had launched another strike against Iran to further degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The 10th consecutive day of airstrikes came after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to punish Iran for the deaths of U.S. troops.
Regarding this, Iran said: State news agency IRNA reported that the attack hit two oil tankers in the waterway and U.S. military assets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
President Massoud Fezeshkian said Iran was currently waging an “all-out war” with the United States. Earlier in the night, President Trump paid tribute to the three American soldiers recently killed in Iran – two in Jordan and one in Iraq – and said Iran had been “hit very hard.”
The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said the attack hit Iran’s “military headquarters, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems.”
State media said explosions were reported near the northwestern city of Tabriz, and one person was killed and several injured in the ports of Bandar Mashar and Bandar Imam Khomeini, and the southeastern ports of Chabahar and Konarak.
Centcom also claimed that commercial vessels continue to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, Iranian state media said Iranian forces attacked two oil tankers trying to transit what it called the “unsafe and dangerous southern route” of the strait and that rescue teams were picking up their crews.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations Office (UKMTO) said the tanker had reported being hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing the crew to abandon ship and board lifeboats.
It is unclear whether the tanker reported by UKMTO was one of the vessels cited by Iran.
Six fuel tankers and a cargo ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to preliminary data from maritime intelligence company Kpler. Two of these ships had previously been sanctioned by the United States for operating with Iran.
That’s down from eight vessels crossing on July 19, the data shows. All but one of the crossings, made on July 20, were via the northern route near Iran.
According to Iranian state media, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also claimed to have targeted a data center owned by the American company Amazon in Bahrain.
The IRGC “attacked and destroyed the central data infrastructure of the American company Amazon in Bahrain with several cruise missiles,” state news agency IRNA reported.
Jordan said Tuesday that it had intercepted five drones, after saying late Monday it had shot down three missiles. Bahrain said drones launched by Iran targeted its air navigation system but did not affect traffic. The Kuwaiti military also announced that it had intercepted an Iranian drone.
Late Tuesday, Kuwait said Iran had attacked several power and desalination plants the previous day.
At the same time, Tehran said the two sides were still exchanging diplomatic messages through intermediaries despite the collapse of the ceasefire.
Trump said Tuesday in the Oval Office that Iran “desperately wants to meet” but “until they are ready to meet in a meaningful way, we are not interested.”
President Trump added that the United States would ‘seriously’ attack Mount Kolangaz Ra, also known as Pickaxe Mountain, following reports that Iran may have moved nuclear centrifuges to the area.
He added, “There is no meaning without (nuclear) material.”
On Monday night, the Department of Defense confirmed the identities of Pte Isabella Gonzales, 19, from Texas, and Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Hawaii, who were killed in an Iranian airstrike on Jordan’s Muwafaq Salti base last weekend.
Centcom previously said a third soldier was also missing after the attack and unidentified remains were later found in the area.
(With additional reporting by Bernd Debusmann Jr at the White House)
