The U.S.launches attacks on Iran, while Tehran claims it targeted an American base in the Middle East.
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launches fresh wave of strikes; Iran fires back and says Strait of Hormuz is closedAdd NBC News to GoogleU.S.launches ‘self defense’ strikes on Iran after Apache helicopter shot down02:22The United States launched new attacks on Iran last night and Tehran retaliated against American targets across the Middle East in a second day of strikes following the downing of a U.S.
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military fired at a Palau-flagged tanker, the Settebello, off the coast of Oman, Sarbananda Sonowal, India’s minister of ports, shipping & waterways said today.It comes after U.S.
Central Command confirmed that American forces had disabled the Settebello in the Gulf of Oman yesterday.It said the tanker had “violated the ongoing blockade by attempting to transport oil from Iran.”Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said that it fired ballistic missiles at a U.S.
airbase and its control center in Jordan.Tehran also said the Strait of Hormuz was closed for all marine traffic.Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said it attacked two oil tankers that tried to transit through the waterway.
CENTCOM, however, said the strait was open.Before the latest round of U.S.strikes, President Donald Trump warned that the U.S.
would hit Iran “very hard” for the second day in a row and noted that its leaders had “taken too long to negotiate” a peace deal.Follow our live coverage here.More coverage of war in the Middle...