The president of the United States, Donald Trump, confirmed this Sunday that his air forces have attacked “missile and drone storage facilities, as well as coastal radar centers” in Iran. Furthermore, he has threatened to “finish by military means” what was “started”, caused by the crossed attacks between Washington and Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz.
“US aircraft have just attacked Iranian missile and drone storage facilities, as well as coastal radar centers, for violating the ceasefire agreement, again,” the president announced in a post on his social networks.
The tenant of the White House has spoken out for the second time after the alleged attacks by Iran against two commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, thus raising the warning tone by ensuring that “there may come a time when it stops being reasonable” after the ceasefire agreement reached between the two.
“It is very possible that they will never learn! There may come a time when we can no longer be reasonable and we will be forced to complete by military means the task that we have begun so successfully. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will cease to exist!”, the president has warned on his Truth Social social network.
Tension grows in Hormuz
The forces of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed this morning that their air forces have attacked strategic Iranian positions in response to “anti-commercial shipping.”
“CENTCOM forces launched strikes in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping. U.S. military aircraft attacked “Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and mine delivery systems.”as they have declared in a statement on their social networks.
The United States military forces have warned that these actions are a direct response against a commercial ship flying the Singapore flag, which crossed the Strait of Hormuz last Thursday, and against a Panamanian ship in that same route last night.
“Iran had the opportunity to respect the ceasefire agreement, but chose not to do so when its forces launched a one-way attack drone,” the statement said.
Attacks that do not stop
According to Iranian media, several projectiles hit during the night in the Sirik region and the Qeshm region, in the Iranian part of the Strait of Hormuz.
Specifically, several explosions have been heard in the town of Taherui, according to Iranian public television. IRIB. This medium claims, citing “an informed military source” that the explosions are due to impact of several projectiles against a communications tower. IRIB also reports several impacts in Masan, in the Qeshm region, an island located on the Iranian coast, very close to the strategic port of Bandar Abbas.
For its part, it has reported, citing North American sources, that this attack is in retaliation for the impact of a projectile against an oil tanker on Saturday morning.
Finally, throughout Saturday, the UK Maritime Trade Operations Center (UKMTO, for its acronym in English), dependent on the British Ministry of Defense, has reported the impact of a projectile against an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz area.
The ship’s owner, who has not been identified, reported this incident at 08:00 this Saturday, in which “an unidentified projectile” has caused “damage to the bridge”. “All crew are safe. No environmental damage has been reported so far,” the UKMTO said in its statement.
The British organization has recommended that ships transit with “caution” through the area and has called to “report any suspicious activity”. In addition, it has raised the threat level to “substantial” and has warned of the presence of warships working to clear the strait.
Iran attacks US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait
For its part, the Government of Iran has reported in recent hours that it has destroyed eight US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to new US bombings against Iranian targets and has warned that, from now on, will act “more firmly than before” against ships that it considers violators in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Ballistic missiles and drones were launched against eight important infrastructures of the child-killing US Army and against the Fifth Naval Fleet in the port of Salman, in Bahrain, destroying them and responding firmly to the recent aggressions of the United States,” the Revolutionary Guard announced in a statement collected by the agency. Tasnimlinked to the elite military corps.
