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<\/a><\/p>\nPublished On 21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026<\/p>\n
The United States has carried out its 10th consecutive night of attacks against Iran<\/a>, with Iranian media reporting explosions in Sirik, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, and Isfahan.<\/p>\n US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the operation on Monday evening, claiming that the strikes are \u201cdesigned to further degrade Iranian military capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz\u201d.<\/p>\n Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n CENTCOM said that the strikes had been completed at 9 pm Eastern Time (0100 GMT), after hitting \u201cIranian military command centers, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems\u201d.<\/p>\n The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement claiming to have retaliated by launching ground-to-ground missiles at \u201cUS HIMARS missile systems\u201d stationed at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.<\/p>\n 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 Oman\u2019s port city of Limah.<\/p>\n Shortly before the night\u2019s bombing began, US President Donald Trump took to social media to warn that Iranian attacks on US military personnel would be paid back \u201cmany times over\u201d. On Friday, two US soldiers were killed<\/a>, and a third was reported missing when an Iranian missile struck a military site in Jordan, while another US service member was killed in northern Iraq.<\/p>\n Trump also reiterated earlier warnings that continued Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz would be met with a stronger response.<\/p>\n