The U.S. military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile ceasefire.
After a day in which huge crowds mourned Iran¡¯s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the holy city of Qom, U.S. Central Command announced that it had begun a series of strikes intended to impose heavy costs. ¡°Iran¡¯s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire,¡± CENTCOM ?said on X.
Iran¡¯s media reported several explosions early on Wednesday local time in the southern port city of Sirik, Qeshm Island and Bandar Abbas, but provided no immediate details on ?the cause ?of the blasts or any casualties or damage.
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