US Central Command Completes Strikes on 90 Military Targets in Iran Over Maritime Threats

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it completed a new round of airstrikes in Iran overnight Thursday, targeting 90 military sites. The strikes aimed to degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Targets included air defense systems, coastal surveillance equipment, missile and drone storage facilities, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran's coastline.

Following the initial reports of the attacks, then-President Donald Trump described the strikes as retaliation for attacks on ships, warning that any future incidents would provoke a much stronger response. An Israeli source confirmed that the US had informed them of the planned strikes. A senior US official told CNN that the ceasefire with Iran was effectively over, at least temporarily.

Iran responded with threats of a strong counterattack, stating that the Americans would regret the strikes. Concurrently, air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait, and pro-Iranian media reported explosions at the US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain. During the strikes, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Iran had urgently sought a deal, but he was uncertain about trusting them or whether full-scale military conflict would resume.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared that the Strait of Hormuz would only reopen under Iranian terms, rejecting American threats and asserting that US bullying and treaty violations would no longer go unpunished. The report was prepared with contributions from Shimon Mijan, Omer Shahar, Yuval Inbar, and Yishai Bar Yosef.