U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it completed a wave of strikes across Iran early Wednesday, hitting air defense sites, radar systems, naval and maritime military assets, mine-laying capabilities, and communication installations, according to a CENTCOM statement.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said early Wednesday it completed a further wave of strikes across Iran, hitting air defense systems, radar arrays, naval and maritime military installations, mine-laying capabilities, and communications infrastructure. The announcement, which followed an earlier confirmation of the operation's conclusion and the release of strike footage Tuesday evening, adds new detail on the categories of targets struck in the ongoing American campaign against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The Tuesday evening reports, all published at 19:27 Jerusalem time, chronicled a rapidly unfolding operation: initial U.S. military confirmation of strikes against IRGC targets in the Hormuz area (version 6); an official CENTCOM statement that strikes were underway (version 8); the revelation that over 50 U.S. fighter jets and at least 100 missiles hit seven locations including Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, and Jask (version 11); and confirmation of strikes in southern Iran’s Chabahar (version 13). By evening, a U.S. official said strikes remained ongoing (version 12), and CENTCOM later announced the operation’s completion (version 16) and released footage of the strikes (version 17).
The strikes are the latest in a sustained U.S. campaign against IRGC infrastructure across Iran. As The Zioneer has reported, previous waves have targeted air defenses, radar systems, coastal surveillance, and command-and-control facilities over multiple nights, with CENTCOM noting the Strait of Hormuz remains open to commercial shipping and over 50,000 U.S. troops deployed region-wide. This wave is framed as a response to IRGC attempts to mine the Strait of Hormuz and earlier attacks on U.S. personnel.
Iranian state media and officials have offered limited and sometimes conflicting accounts of the strikes. Independent verification of damage and casualties remains unavailable.
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