Trump orders new strikes on Iran after peace MoU collapses
Explosions were reported in Bandar Abbas, Konarak, Chabahar and Kish Island after CENTCOM launched a wave of attacks.
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered new strikes on Iran on Wednesday (8/7), hours after saying the Washington-Tehran peace memorandum had expired. Trump said the move was in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and on U.S. military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait. The U.S. military's Central Command, CENTCOM, said the operation was aimed at weakening Iran's ability to threaten freedom of navigation in a route carrying about one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supply. Iranian state media reported explosions heard on Kish Island, in Bandar Abbas, Konarak and Chabahar, along with power outages in parts of the region.
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Earlier in this story
- Jul 18Iran strikes U.S. bases in Jordan and Bahrain
- Jul 18US, Iran Exchange Fire in Strait of Hormuz; China Urges Reopening
- Jul 16Iranian missiles strike 2 UAE tankers in Strait of Hormuz; 1 crewman dies
- Jul 16US strikes hit Bandar Abbas and Hormuz island sites in Iran
- Jul 16US launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran, blasts hit south
- Jul 15Iran attacks U.S. bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait
- Jul 15US widens Iran strikes as Hormuz blockade returns, oil jumps 4%
- Jul 15Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz as US strikes new target in Iran
- Jul 15PBNU urges end to U.S.-Iran conflict as Hormuz heats up
- Jul 15US hits 6 Iranian coastal sites in third night of strikes
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