The United States struck Iranian coastal-defence systems and cruise-missile sites on Wednesday as the US-Iran conflict intensified around the Strait of Hormuz.
United States Central Command said the operation began at 6 a.m. Eastern Time, or 3 p.m. Pakistan Standard Time, on July 15. The strikes ended about 90 minutes later.
The US military said it targeted coastal-defence systems and cruise-missile storage and launch facilities on Iran’s Greater Tunb Island. It said Iranian forces had used related capabilities against commercial shipping.
Iranian media carried no immediate reports on the latest attack. Late Tuesday, US forces said they had completed a separate seven-hour operation against dozens of military targets near the strait and along Iran’s coast.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it responded by striking US military targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan. The source provided no independent confirmation of those claims.
The US military has carried out strikes on Iranian military targets on Greater Tunb, one of three Emirati islands occupied by Iran.
Centcom said the operation was carried out to reduce Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/dN9Qk3gzAu
— The National (@TheNationalNews) July 15, 2026The Revolutionary Guard also threatened to block additional energy-export corridors used by the United States and its allies. Iran had announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz late Saturday.
The United States says Iranian attacks hit seven commercial vessels during the previous week, leaving nearly 12 crew members dead, missing or injured.
The Strait of Hormuz carried about one-fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the conflict. Oil prices gained about 1% on Wednesday after reaching a one-month high a day earlier.
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Washington could strike Iranian power plants and bridges unless Tehran resumed negotiations. He said energy targets would be left until later in the campaign.
Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said recent US strikes in southern Iran had killed at least 30 civilians. Iran’s army separately said seven military personnel died in an overnight strike on the Bampur base in southeastern Iran.
