US attacks Iran for tenth consecutive night

Washington vows revenge for US military casualties and Iran claims attacks on US sites across the region.

The United States is carrying out its 10th consecutive night of attacks against Iran, with Iranian media reporting explosions in Sirik, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, and Isfahan.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the operation on Monday evening, claiming that the strikes are “designed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz”.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement claiming to have retaliated by targeting “US HIMARS missile systems” stationed at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait with ground-to-ground missiles.

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Two Greek-owned oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz were struck earlier on Monday, while the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors attacks on ships, reports that another tanker has been hit off the coast of Omani port city Limah.

Shortly before the night’s bombing began, US President Donald Trump took to social media, warning that Iranian attacks on US military personnel would be paid back “many times over”. On Friday, two US soldiers were killed and a third reported missing when an Iranian missile struck a military site in Jordan, while another US service member was killed in northern Iraq.

Trump also reiterated earlier warnings that continued Iranian attacks attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz would be met with a stronger response.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s pro-Iranian Houthi militia have declared a blockade on Saudi Arabia, escalating tensions and sparking fears that the Yemeni conflict, which had been relatively quiet for four years, may be about to reignite, threatening shipping in the Red Sea.