The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday that American forces launched a new wave of strikes against Iran for the fifth consecutive night, Anadolu reports.
“At 2 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran for the fifth consecutive night to further degrade Iranian military capabilities,” it said.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said earlier that the reason for recent US strikes is “because Iran violated the memorandum of understanding that we struck with them.”
“Specifically, in the memorandum of understanding that they signed, they were not to fire on commercial vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz, and unfortunately, they have made the tragic decision for them to do that,” she said.
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