Centcom: US conducts additional strikes on Iran

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U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday that U.S. forces conducted additional strikes against multiple Iranian targets in response to an attack against a Panama-flagged tanker near the Strait of Hormuz.

“CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping,” Centcom said in a statement on the social platform X. “U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.”

The tanker, M/T Kiku, was transiting near the strait with more than two-million barrels of crude oil on board when it was struck by a one-way attack drone around 4:30 a.m., according to Centcom.

The incident comes amid a renewed flare-up in the Gulf that has seen the U.S. and Iran exchange fire in recent days.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hit a Singapore-flagged cargo ship near the coast of Oman on Thursday, an attack President Trump called a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire.

The U.S. military responded with strikes against Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar locations on Friday, with Centcom claiming that Iran’s “dangerous behavior” was undermining freedom of navigation in the strategic trade corridor.

Centcom said Iran was “given a chance to honor” the fragile ceasefire agreement after that strike “but elected not to,” accusing the country of violating the terms of the deal.

The 14-point memorandum of understanding, signed electronically last week, extends the pause in fighting for 60 days and restores unrestricted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. It stipulates that Iran use its “best efforts” to ensure safe, toll-free passage of commercial vessels during that period.

While the strait is technically open, conflicting narratives about who retains control of the critical maritime checkpoint have emerged and Iran has already tried to shut it down again.

Five ships have transited the narrow channel in the past 24 hours, a mere fraction of the daily traffic seen during peacetime, according to a real-time dashboard that tracks the ongoing situation in the waterway.

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