Milan, 28 June (LaPresse) – “The US military is carrying out strikes against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz area in response to this morning’s attack by Iran on a commercial oil tanker, according to a US official.” This was reported on X by Axios journalist Barak Ravid. US Central Command (Centcom) subsequently issued a statement confirming that it had “carried out further strikes against several targets in Iran on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief”. Centcom describes these as a response to the fact that, it claims, Iranian forces launched “a single-use attack drone that struck the M/T Kiku this morning at 4.30 am (US East Coast time)” and states that “the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker was transiting near the Strait of Hormuz with over two million barrels of crude oil on board”.
Iran: new US air strikes in the Strait of Hormuz in response to Tehran’s attack on an oil tanker
Milan, 28 June (LaPresse) – “The US military is carrying out strikes against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz area in response to this morning’s attack by Iran on a commercial oil tanker, according to a US official.” This was reported on X by Axios journalist Barak Ravid. US Central Command (Centcom) subsequently issued a statement confirming that it had “carried out further strikes against several targets in Iran on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief”. Centcom describes these as a response to the fact that, it claims, Iranian forces launched “a single-use attack drone that struck the M/T Kiku this morning at 4.30 am (US East Coast time)” and states that “the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker was transiting near the Strait of Hormuz with over two million barrels of crude oil on board”.
