The US has launched “powerful” strikes on Iran in response to attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The US had said there would be consequences to what it has called the “wholly unacceptable” attacks on the three tankers.
Iranian state media said strikes hit Qeshm island, Bandar Abbas and Sirik, where people have been injured by shrapnel. Iran has not directly claimed responsibility for the attacks on the three tankers that led to the US launching strikes.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister called the US attacks a violation of the US-Iran memorandum signed last month, and warned that Tehran would “take decisive measures”.
Iran’s foreign ministry called the move a breach of the memorandum and said it proved the “bad faith, inconsistency, and unreliability” of the US government.
