The United States has continued its strikes on Iran, hours after confirming the death of two American soldiers in Iranian strikes on a US base in Jordan.
LEADERSHIP recalls that the strikes marked the eighth consecutive night of American strikes on Iran, the US Central Command, CENTCOM, said.
CENTCOM announced on X that the strikes were “designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”
It later announced that the strikes targeted “Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites.”
Al Jazeera quotes Iranian media as reporting that the attacks happened early on Sunday. The strikes hit Sirik at 1:30am local time, 22:00 GMT Saturday, and Qeshm Island at about 3:38am local time, 00:08 GMT Sunday, and again at 6:10am local time, 02:40 GMT, according to Iranian reports.
“Tasnim also said the US military targeted a location near Shadegan in Iran’s Khuzestan province at 5:55am, 02:25 GMT Sunday,” the medium reports.
In response to the strikes, Iran targeted US assets at two bases in Kuwait.
Iran’s military said it targeted a US “ammunition depot at Al-Adiri camp and the Patriot radar and air radar” at the Ali Al Salem base in Kuwait.
The strikes occurred hours after CENTCOM confirmed the death of two American soldiers in Iranian strikes on a US base in Jordan.
It said one other soldier is missing while four others were injured in the attack.
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