U.S. Forces Launch Self-Defense Strikes Against Iran
U.S. forces have reportedly conducted self-defense strikes against Iranian mine-laying ships and missile launch sites.
Following
reports of explosions in the vicinity of Bandar Abbas, Iran, Howard
Altman has said that a U.S. Central Command spokesperson has told them
that U.S. self-defense strikes were conducted against Iranian fast boats
attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites. https://t.co/uegRx8Q66S
MORE details on US strikes vs Iranian targets today:
2
Iranian boats were caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, senior
US official tells me. The US military eliminated both IRGC vessels and
also struck at a SAM (surface to air missile) site in Bandar Abbas that
was… https://t.co/ew89rCfL5J
I
am told the US strikes are over for now. Again these were defensive in
nature not offensive and not an effort to break the ceasefire. The US
military says it reacted when they saw 2 IRGC boats laying mines and
then also when a SAM missile site targeted its warplanes. https://t.co/lJNPKp94kM
Two
Iranian ships were struck in the Strait of Hormuz, which CENTCOM has
considered to be eliminated. Surface-to-air missile batteries that
targeted American aircraft were also reportedly destroyed. Officials
were quick to announce that this was not an end to the on-going
ceasefire, but merely acts of self-defense.
Explosions and fires had been observed in a number of
locations across Iranian territory, including in the large port city of
Bandar Abbas and the vital economic location of Kharg Island.
Following
reports of explosions on the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran’s
Mehr News Agency has said that the situation is normal and that the
sounds heard were from the east of the city. More to come. pic.twitter.com/VZav8Oiz6r
The
strikes come as the United States and Iran were on the cusp of coming
to an agreement to end the three-month-long conflict that began after
Operation Epic Fury,
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