US launches a series of 'powerful' strikes on Iran in major breach of ceasefire after Tehran attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz

US Central Command announced the new strikes as an uneasy ceasefire continued to deteriorate between the two nations.

'Forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway,' they said in a statement.

'The US strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire.

Three tankers were struck by projectiles Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said, and the United States revoked a license that had authorized the sale of Iranian oil as part of an interim deal to end the fighting between the US and Iran.

The new assaults in the fuel-shipping waterway were the most in a single day since late April, according to the UN International Maritime Organization.

The fresh attacks threatened to choke off the flow of traffic in the strait just as countries hoped to restore normal shipping practices and ease the global economic strain of the war.

Hours later, the US revoked the 60-day license issued last month by the Treasury Department that waived sanctions on Iranian oil. …

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