US Strikes Iran Again, With New Trump Warning

American warplanes are again hitting Iran, with the Pentagon confirming a fresh round of strikes Tuesday against Islamic Revolutionary Guards targets. US Central Command said the strikes were in retaliation for attempted Iranian attacks on US forces and on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media reported impacts near the southern port cities of Chabahar and Konarak, east of the strait, reports the New York Times.

"If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings," Trump wrote on social media after the new strikes, per the AP. The action marks the second US strike on Iran in three days. On Sunday, the US hit Iranian launchers it said were poised to fire rockets armed with mines into the strait, and Iran then retaliated with missiles fired at US bases in the region.