Strikes come after retaliatory attacks on Friday following a drone strike on cargo ship in strait of Hormuz

The US military has launched further strikes on multiple targets in Iran, the US Central Command (Centcom) confirmed, a day after it had struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz.

Centcom said its strikes on Saturday were in “direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping”. The US strikes targeted “Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities”, Centcom said in a statement.

The flare-up in tensions comes as Washington and Tehran have been negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end an unpopular war that has sent global oil prices skyrocketing and resulted in thousands of civilian deaths.

  • aarch0x40@piefed.social
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    Lets fix this headline…

    Trump Administrations Continues to Misinterpret Meaning of Consent and Permission.

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      Iran has no business interfering with international shipping in the Strait either.

      Sometimes, it’s assholes fighting assholes.

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    So the usa violates the terms of the MoU and then blames Iran. once again the usa proves that we are all wasting our time thinking the usa will abide by an agreement they sign.

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    Dumb fucks claiming to be attacked whilst being the bringers of the conflict and STILL maintaining it.