The US military said it had launched new strikes on targets in Iran just hours after President Donald Trump said a cease-fire accord with Tehran was “over” and threatened to “hit them [Iran] hard tonight.”
Speaking at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, he also said that the Iranian leadership were scum, liars, and loco after sirens wailed in Bahrain and Kuwait, where authorities said they were dealing with hostile strikes.
“At the direction of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” the US militarysaidin a social media post.
“The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway.”
