US Navy vessels are currently striking the port of Sirik, near the Strait of Hormuz, in response to a missile launch toward a ship moments earlier, according to reports from Telegram channels. The attack marks an escalation of direct naval exchanges between Washington and the IRGC. Further details and the extent of damage are not yet available.
The US Navy is carrying out strikes on the IRGC naval port of Sirik, located near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, in direct response to an anti-ship missile launch against a US vessel minutes earlier, per unverified Telegram reports. This follows a sustained campaign of mutual strikes between US forces (CENTCOM) and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps across southern Iran and the Strait of Hormuz over the past day.
As The Zioneer has previously reported (01:32 and 01:53 Jerusalem), the IRGC naval base in Sirik was already on fire following earlier US strikes, and Iran has been conducting continuous cruise missile launches toward US warships in the strait. CENTCOM also struck an Iranian oil tanker attempting to breach the blockade yesterday (Jun 10, 20:00 Jerusalem).
Unverified. The latest salvo signals a further intensification of direct naval kinetic friction, with both sides striking at each other's naval infrastructure in the chokepoint. No independent confirmation or casualty figures are yet available.
3 developments
- DevelopingIran and US in naval exchange in Strait of Hormuz, journalist reports
- StrongIranian reports claim exchange of fire between US forces and IRGC in Strait of Hormuz
- DevelopingIranian reports claim heavy exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz, situation escalating
- StrongArab media report exchange of fire in Strait of Hormuz; explosions in Bushehr
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