US renews attacks on Iran after US soldier killed: What’s the latest?
US service member killed during detonation of Iranian drone in Iraq The United States has attacked Iran for a ninth consecutive night after the US...
Key points
- US service member killed during detonation of Iranian drone in Iraq The United States has attacked Iran for a ninth consecutive night after the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announced a US soldier had died in northern Iraq in a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.
- Here is what happened over Sunday night and Monday morning and what officials on both sides have said: Where was Iran attacked?
- It said it “targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz”.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said two oil tankers “exploded” and were halted in the southern Strait of Hormuz late on Sunday, according to a report by the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency on Monday.
What happened
US service member killed during detonation of Iranian drone in Iraq The United States has attacked Iran for a ninth consecutive night after the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announced a US soldier had died in northern Iraq in a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone. Here is what happened over Sunday night and Monday morning and what officials on both sides have said: Where was Iran attacked? It said it “targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz”. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said two oil tankers “exploded” and were halted in the southern Strait of Hormuz late on Sunday, according to a report by the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency on Monday. US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US is hitting Iran to honour American service members who have been killed. “We feel very badly,” he said when asked about the military fatalities, adding that those who died were fighting...