The US military has carried out new strikes on Iran, targeting a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city.
US Central Command (Centcom) said its forces also shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones “that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz”.
The site in Bandar Abbas was struck as it was about to launch a fifth drone, Centcom said. Iranian media reported that explosions were heard to the east of the city.
The strikes come amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, and protracted negotiations to end the three-month war that has choked traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and shot up global energy prices.
It is the second time in three days that the US has attacked targets in Iran – saying that the strikes were conducted in self defense. The renewed hostilities threaten the ceasefire.
Centcom described its actions as “measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire”.
Earlier this week, it confirmed a previous round of “self-defense” strikes on southern Iran on Monday in which they targeted Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to lay mines in the Strait, where thousands of commercial tanker ships are stranded as a result of the conflict.
Centcom said those strikes were designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces”.
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