US launches major strikes on Iran, hitting over 80 targets

The United States has carried out a new round of strikes on Iran, targeting more than 80 locations in what it described as retaliation for recent Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the strikes were completed early Wednesday local time.

"U.S. forces struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control ​networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 ​Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats in and near the strait (of Hormuz) to degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking international commerce flowing through the international ​trade corridor," the U.S. military said in a statement.