U.S. Central Command says it completed additional self-defense strikes against Iranian military surveillance, communication, and air defense sites across Iran at the Commander in Chief's direction. Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy assets fired precision munitions at targets that posed a threat to U.S. forces and international commercial shipping. The strikes are a response to what the Pentagon calls Iran's continued aggression. The announcement follows a previous wave of U.S. strikes reported overnight, and Iran has claimed retaliatory attacks on American bases, which CENTCOM has denied.
U.S. Central Command announced at 05:23 Jerusalem time that its forces completed an additional wave of self-defense strikes targeting Iranian military surveillance, communications, and air defense infrastructure across Iran. The operation, conducted at the direction of the Commander in Chief, involved U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy assets firing precision munitions.
This is the second publicly acknowledged wave of U.S. strikes against Iran in the current escalation. As The Zioneer reported at 04:22 Jerusalem (SAME-THREAD), CENTCOM announced it had completed an earlier strike wave against the same categories of targets—surveillance, communications, and air defense systems—during overnight operations. The two strike waves appear to have targeted different sets of installations across Iran's territory.
The Pentagon framed the strikes as a response to what it called Iran's 'unwarranted and continued aggression' against U.S. forces and international commercial shipping in regional waters. The statement did not detail specific Iranian actions that triggered this second wave.
Iran has claimed retaliatory strikes on American bases and naval vessels in the region, as reported in an earlier Zioneer article (BACKGROUND). CENTCOM has repeatedly denied those claims, stating earlier this week that allegations of attacks on U.S. Navy ships are false (SAME-THREAD, 02:54 Jerusalem).
Casualty and damage assessments from the latest wave are not yet available. The operation is distinct from the ongoing 'Operation Epic Fury' campaign, which The Zioneer has covered as a separate set of strikes targeting strategic naval and air defense hubs near the Strait of Hormuz.
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- StrongReports: Iranian communications, command-and-control facilities among targets struck
- DevelopingIran: Self-defense operations against US sites, immediate response to aggression
Source and signal
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