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(The Hill) — U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday that U.S. forces conducted additional strikes against multiple Iranian targets in response to an attack against a Panama-flagged tanker near the Strait of Hormuz.
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“CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping,” Centcom said in a statement on the social platform X. “U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.”
The tanker, M/T Kiku, was transiting near the strait with more than two-million barrels of crude oil on board when it was struck by a one-way attack drone around 4:30 a.m., according to Centcom.
The incident comes amid a renewed flare-up in the Gulf that has seen the U.S. and Iran exchange fire in recent days.
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, an attack President Trump called “foolish.”
Centcom said on Saturday that Iran was “given a chance to honor” the fragile ceasefire agreement after that strike “but elected not to,” accusing the country of violating the terms of the deal.
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