US Strikes Iranian Targets In Response to Recent Missile Attacks

U.S. Central Command announced on Tuesday that the U.S. military conducted airstrikes in Iran in retaliation for recent Iranian missile attacks against U.S. troops in the Middle East.

“Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region,” CENTCOM announced on social media.

President Donald Trump said earlier in the week he would retaliate against Iran for recent attacks on U.S. troops stationed in Jordan.

Fox News’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst broke the news of the latest bombings on-air.

“We are tracking these latest U.S. strikes that appear to be ongoing right now against southwestern Iran. According to U.S. Central Command, these strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, in addition to that attack earlier this week against U.S. forces in Jordan,” Yingst began his report, adding:

Remember how this recent exchange began: early in the week, the United States conducted strikes against Iran’s Larak Island when, according to U.S. Central Command, the Iranians were preparing to launch rockets with sea mines attached to threaten once again this critical international waterway. When those strikes took place, the Iranians responded with eight ballistic missiles being launched toward U.S. forces stationed in Jordan. And the president said that there would be a response to that attack on U.S. forces, and it appears this response is underway right now.

The latest information that we have from the ground inside of Iran: these appear to be relatively widespread strikes, not just targeting that southern city of Bandar Abbas, but also initial reports of explosions on Qeshm Island and areas even further south of this area, next to the Gulf of Oman. It’s an indication that once again the United States is trying to send a message to the Iranian regime that threats against this international waterway will not be tolerated. They’ve been watching, using Space Force and also the U.S. Navy that is positioned there at that blockade line in the Gulf of Oman — whenever any of the Iranian forces try to move air defense systems or radars, they are watching very closely, and likely these are the targets that are being hit right now as we speak.

But again, the latest information that we have: U.S. strikes against Iran are ongoing at this hour, targeting specific areas in southwestern Iran in response to Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, and that attack on U.S. forces earlier this week.

Watch above via Fox News.

This is a developing story and has been updated.

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