US, Iran report fresh attacks on each other — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has carried out fresh strikes on several targets in Iran, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced missile attacks on US bases in the region in response. According to reports, an unnamed senior US official told media outlets that the IRGC had targeted two commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz with missiles on Tuesday morning. Iran has not commented on the claim and has not accepted responsibility for the alleged attacks. Meanwhile, CENTCOM said in a statement on X that its forces had completed a new round of strikes against Iran on Wednesday morning local time. It said more than 80 targets had been hit with “precision-guided” munitions in response to recent attacks on commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM claimed that the strikes targeted air defence systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities and more than 60 small IRGC vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz. The command said the objective of the strikes was to reduce Iran’s ability to continue attacks on commercial shipping in the strategic waterway. CENTCOM also claimed that Iran had recently attacked three commercial vessels, including the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Al Raqiyat, the Saudi Arabia-flagged oil tanker Wadian, and the Liberia-flagged Cyprus Prosperity….