US completes 11th straight night of strikes on Iran, targets military infrastructure

The United States Central Command CENTCOM on Tuesday local time said that it had completed its 11th consecutive night of strikes against Iran targeting military operations centres maritime capabilities aircraft hangars drone storage facilities and military logistics infrastructureIn a statement CENTCOM said the operation concluded at 815 pm ET on July 21 and was aimed at further degrading Irans ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of HormuzAt 815 pm ET on July 21 US Central Command CENTCOM successfully completed the 11th consecutive evening of strikes against Iran the statement saidIt added that CENTCOM assets targeted Iranian military operations centers maritime capabilities aircraft hangars drone storage facilities and military logistics infrastructure to further degrade Irans ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of HormuzAccording to CENTCOM Iran has attacked more than 30 commercial vessels transiting the strategic waterway over the past three months describing the attacks as unwarranted and saying they had endangered hundreds of civilian mariners and undermined freedom of navigationDespite Iranian aggression the Strait of Hormuz remains open for commercial vessel transit CENTCOM said adding that since early May US forces have helped facilitate the transit of approximately 900 commercial vessels carrying around 450 million barrels of crude oil through the vital maritime routeEarlier CENTCOM announced the commencement of the latest round of strikes in a post on XCENTCOM forces began striking military targets in Iran at 7 pm ET today for the 11th consecutive night The strikes are designed to continue degrading Irans ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz the post saidAccording to Irans state broadcaster IRIB Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting multiple locations across Iran came under reported airstrikes following the US announcement of the commencement of strikesIRIB reported that airstrikes were carried out in the Chavar and Abdanan regions of Ilam province The governor of Abdanan confirmed that the Dinarkoh area in the county had been targetedAccording to IRIB a location outside the city limits of Baneh in Irans Kurdistan province was also struck in what it described as an enemy attackIn Hamadan province Deputy Governor officials as quoted by IRIB said Kabudar Ahang County was targeted in what they described as continued aggressive actions by the United StatesIRIB further reported that explosions were heard in the cities of Mahshahr in Khuzestan province and Tabriz in East Azerbaijan provinceIn southeastern Iran several explosions were heard in Chabahar with sounds of multiple explosions and briefly aircraft flying overhead were heard in the areaSeparately IRIB quoted the Deputy Governor of Khuzestan as saying that areas around the cities of Behbahan and Omidieh had come under missile attack adding that relevant authorities were carrying out field assessments and security evaluations of the targeted locationsThe Deputy Governor of Sistan and Baluchestan as cited by IRIB also confirmed attacks in the Chabahar and Konarak areas stating that the situation was under control after the strikesThis comes as tensions between Iran and the United States escalated after the collapse of the 14point MoU signed last month aimed at ending the hostilities between the two sides and opening the pathway for further negotiations particularly on Irans nuclear programme and the Strait of HormuzIts collapse renewed the conflict in West Asia with the US striking Iranian military and civilian assets and the Islamic Republic also targeting American bases across the Gulf in retaliatory strikesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever