US forces hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised. US missiles struck several Iranian cities, with explosions heard in Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Mahshahr and Bandar Imam Khomeini.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday they had targeted US aircraft at Jordan’s Aqaba airport with ballistic missiles, as well as US military assets and equipment at Kuwait’s Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, and in Syria. A desalination plant in Kuwait was also attacked. Sirens also sounded in Bahrain, as Iran attacked civil air navigation systems, but operations were not affected.