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US military reimposes naval blockade on Iranian ports, launches new strikes
CENTCOM said the strikes targeted dozens of sites to reduce Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping, while traffic through the strait fell to a two-month low.
- The U.S. military officially reinstated its naval blockade on Iranian ports on Tuesday afternoon, with U.S. Central Command enforcing the maritime quarantine starting at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
- The blockade was accompanied by a major, four-hour wave of precision airstrikes, marking the fourth consecutive night of American strikes on Iranian military coastal infrastructure. The bombardments utilized fighter jets, drones, and naval vessels to target Iranian missile and drone sites, coastal defense systems, and naval assets.
- The strategic maneuver effectively terminates a fragile, two-month-old ceasefire, which had temporarily lifted the previous mid-April blockade in exchange for Iranian commitments to allow safe commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
- The rapid escalation follows a series of reciprocal hostilities, including Iranian retaliatory strikes against U.S. military installations in Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as a series of Iranian attacks on commercial tankers in the strait over the past week.
- President Trump issued a stern warning of even harsher actions next week if Tehran refuses to negotiate a new agreement, threatening that future U.S. operations could expand to strike critical Iranian infrastructure like inland bridges and power plants.
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