American warplanes are again pounding Iranian targets, with the Pentagon saying Wednesday's strikes aim to blunt Tehran's ability to menace ships in the Strait of Hormuz after a three-week lull in fighting.
- "The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway," Central Command said on X.
- The renewed barrage, which followed strikes on Tuesday, came just hours after President Trump, speaking at a NATO summit in Turkey, declared the ceasefire "over," even as he predicted the conflict would not spiral into a full-scale war. He later said the US "hit them very hard last night" and would "probably hit them hard again tonight."
Iranian outlets linked to the Revolutionary Guards,called for an "official end" to the deal, and state media reported multiple explosions and power cuts in southern coastal areas, the Times reports. The truce, which had temporarily loosened oil sanctions and was supposed to reopen the strait while longer-term issues like Iran's nuclear program were negotiated, had been fraying fast. After Washington revoked a key sanctions waiver and hit Iranian military sites Tuesday, Iran said it answered with drone and missile attacks on US sites in Bahrain and Kuwait. No major damage was reported, but Kuwait said shrapnel took some power lines out of service after it intercepted two ballistic missiles and 13 drones, the AP reports.
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