US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz
US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz - Published The US launched a new attack on Iran on Sunday evening, continuing days of...
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- US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz - Published The US launched a new attack on Iran on Sunday evening, continuing days of strikes between the two countries.
- Iranian state media reported that the strikes killed one person in southwestern Iran, while four were injured.
- Within hours of the fresh US strikes, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had struck US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.
- On Sunday evening, Centcom announced another round of strikes against Iran, which it said started at 17:00 ET (22:00 BST).
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US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz - Published The US launched a new attack on Iran on Sunday evening, continuing days of strikes between the two countries. Iranian state media reported that the strikes killed one person in southwestern Iran, while four were injured. Within hours of the fresh US strikes, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had struck US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain. On Sunday evening, Centcom announced another round of strikes against Iran, which it said started at 17:00 ET (22:00 BST). Shortly after the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February Tehran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) usually passes. The new wave of US strikes on Sunday evening, came after US forces hit 140 Iranian military targets, Centcom said on Saturday evening.