U.S. Central Command announced that it struck a series of Iranian military targets. CENTCOM is also vowing it will “hold Iran accountable for unwarranted aggression” toward ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Central Command forces disabled an oil tanker, shooting Hellfire missiles in the ship’s smokestacks, just one day after the U.S. reinstated the blockade of all Iranian ports and coastline. MT Belma (IMO: 9289491) was allegedly sailing toward Iran when CENTCOM forces said it ignored multiple warnings about violating the U.

Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has slumped since U.S. President Donald Trump's blockade took effect last week.

The U.S. military conducted its tenth consecutive night of strikes on Iran to secure the Strait of Hormuz following the deaths of several American service members and escalating regional tensions.

Just 13 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first full day of the reinstated U.S. naval blockade on maritime traffic to and from Iranian ports in the vital

President Donald Trump says the latest strikes by the US hit Iran "very hard", adding that the attacks were "in honour" of three US soldiers killed in recent days - two in Jordan, one in Iraq. In the early hours of Monday local time,