U.S. launches fresh strikes on Iran as peril in Strait of Hormuz deepens

The U.S. has launched more airstrikes on Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to intensify the bombardment until Tehran stops attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz and agrees to open the waterway.

In a 90-minute operation, the American military hit missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island in the Persian Gulf near the strait. U.S. Central Command said in a post on social media platform X late Wednesday that it had launched a subsequent wave of strikes to “degrade Iran’s ability to threaten” shipping in the waterway, targeting air defense sites, missile and drone facilities, and coastal surveillance installations.

Air defenses were activated in parts of Tehran, Iran’s state-run Press TV reported.