Iran Retaliates, Strikes US Military Targets

The Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed it attacked American military targets in the region in retaliation for prior US aggression against Iranian coastal areas. America launched air strikes against areas located along the Iranian coastline. The IRGC assessed the US strikes as part of an unchanging pattern of violations of commitments by the United States. “In launching this aggression, Washington used various pretexts, including the passage of a non-compliant vessel through an unauthorised route in the Strait of Hormuz,” the IRGC stated. Previously, the United States Central Command reported conducting strikes against several targets in Iran. CENTCOM, which oversees American forces in the West Asia region, described the strikes as retaliation for an Iranian drone attack on Thursday against a vessel, which it identified as the Singapore-flagged cargo ship MV Ever Lovely.