US military says it has launched more strikes against Iran

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The U.S. military launched additional strikes against Iran targeting their ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, following attacks on a container ship. These escalations continue a cycle of violence involving attacks from Iran and retaliatory strikes by the US and Gulf Arab states.

The US military said it has launched another round of strikes against Iran “to degrade their ability to attack commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz”. The strikes, which took place overnight on Sunday into Monday, came after attacks by the US military on Sunday morning in response to an Iranian strike on a container ship in the critical waterway the day before. Iran responded to those strikes by attacking Gulf Arab states in an escalating cycle of violence that left the...