The United States (US) military said late on Monday its forces have completed their latest wave of strikes on Iran that the US Central Command began earlier in the day at the direction of US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the five-hour mission, US forces successfully struck military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas,\u201d the Central Command said in a statement on X.
\nIt marked a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran as Trump said he was reinstating a blockade of Iranian shipping while proposing to charge a 20% fee to guard the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s top joint military command said the US had no role in determining the future of the waterway and would not be allowed to intervene.
\nIran announced over the weekend it was closing the vital waterway.<\/p>\n
The Iran war began when the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 and Iran responded with its own strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host US bases.
\nUS-Israeli strikes on Iran and Israeli attacks on Lebanon during the war have killed thousands and displaced millions.<\/p>\n
The war has also spiked oil prices and shaken markets around the world.<\/p>\n
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