US begins strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz

🔴 A US official said the United States carried out precise defensive strikes on sites in Bandar Abbas, Iran, while US Central Command said it had begun launching strikes on Revolutionary Guard targets inside Iran and that the attacks were still ongoing. It added that the strikes come after recent Revolutionary Guard offensive attempts targeting navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. A US official said the US Air Force was carrying out strikes on Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz, and that the number of airstrikes tonight could reach 100. Fox News and Axios quoted a US official as saying the strikes against Iran were continuing. Trump said the United States was carrying out broad and powerful strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, after what he described as a failed Iranian attempt to lay naval mines in the strait.