US Central Command mentioned the most recent spherical of assaults was aimed toward securing maritime site visitors via the Strait of Hormuz
The US carried out strikes in southern Iran for the second night time in a row on Thursday after President Donald Trump mentioned the delicate ceasefire was successfully over.
Hostilities resumed after the US and its Arab allies within the area blamed Iran for assaults on tankers within the Strait of Hormuz.
In an announcement on X, US Central Command (CENTCOM) mentioned US forces have been “conducting further strikes in opposition to Iran to additional degrade their capacity to threaten freedom of navigation within the Strait of Hormuz.”
“The USA is holding Iran accountable for latest unjustified aggression in opposition to business delivery and civilian crews freely navigating an important worldwide waterway,” CENTCOM mentioned.
On the course of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command forces have began conducting further strikes in opposition to Iran to additional degrade their capacity to threaten freedom of navigation within the Strait of Hormuz. The USA is holding Iran accountable for latest…
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 8, 2026
Iranian media reported explosions alongside the southern coast, together with within the port cities of Bushehr, Chabahar, and Konarak, in addition to on Lavan Island. At the very least two blasts have been recorded close to the Bushehr Nuclear Energy Plant, Fars Information Company reported.
A video posted on social media seems to point out a strike in Chabahar, the place Iranian media reported {that a} maritime management tower had been focused.
In accordance with Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, the assault on Chabahar, the nation’s largest port, additionally broken Imam Ali Hospital and severed main energy strains. Electrical energy has since been partially restored.
The strikes reportedly precipitated a big hearth in Bushehr.
Trump issued a warning to Iran shortly after the strikes started. “That is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran. If it occurs once more, it can get a lot worse!” he wrote on Fact Social.
A number of hours earlier, the president declared that the ceasefire with Iran was successfully over. “I feel it’s over. I don’t wish to cope with them any extra. They’re scum,” he instructed reporters throughout a gathering with NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte in Türkiye.
Mohsen Rezaei, a army adviser to Iran’s Supreme Chief, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed “extreme punishment” for the US strikes.
The US mentioned it struck greater than 80 targets in Iran on Wednesday after three business ships have been hit by projectiles. Though Tehran didn’t declare accountability for the incidents, Iranian media reported that the vessels had tried to go via the strategic Strait of Hormuz with out authorization.
The US and Iran have clashed over the interpretation of the memorandum of understanding they signed on June 17. Underneath the deal, Iran agreed to “make preparations utilizing its greatest efforts for the protected passage of economic vessels” via the Strait of Hormuz. On the similar time, Iran and Oman have been to start negotiations to “outline the longer term administration and maritime providers” within the waterway. Iran has repeatedly insisted that it has the suitable to manage site visitors and accumulate tolls.
