American forces struck Iranian command centers, launch sites and air defenses overnight as the Trump administration continued its campaign to weaken Tehran’s ability to threaten commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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U.S. forces completed a 10th consecutive night of attacks against Iranian military assets early Tuesday, striking command facilities, missile and drone launch positions, air defense systems and maritime capabilities as Washington intensified its campaign to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The latest operation followed President Donald Trump’s pledge to hold Iran responsible for the deaths of American service members and further reduce Tehran’s ability to attack commercial vessels traveling through the strategically vital waterway.
U.S. Central Command said in an announcement on X that the precision strikes targeted Iranian “military command centres, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems.”
“American forces remain postured and prepared to hold Iran accountable for unwarranted aggression toward civilian mariners seeking to freely and openly transit the strait,” CENTCOM said.
The command also released additional footage of the strikes, showing attacks against sites inside Iran as the sustained U.S. military operation entered another day.
CENTCOM said commercial shipping has continued moving through the Strait of Hormuz despite the ongoing conflict and threats against civilian maritime traffic.
Since early May, American forces have helped facilitate the passage of approximately 900 commercial vessels carrying an estimated 450 million barrels of crude oil, according to the command.
The Strait of Hormuz serves as a critical maritime corridor for international energy shipments, making continued access to the waterway a central objective of the U.S. operation.
American officials have characterized the attacks as an effort to degrade Iran’s capacity to strike ships and disrupt navigation through the strait. The latest targets indicate that the campaign is focused not only on weapons used in direct attacks but also on the command, surveillance and air defense infrastructure supporting Iranian military operations.
The continuing strikes have unfolded alongside renewed diplomatic efforts aimed at restoring an interim agreement and preventing a broader escalation.
Pakistan has recently intensified attempts to revive the arrangement, according to an Associated Press report.
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni arrived in Islamabad on Monday for two days of discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other officials.
The talks represented one of the clearest indications that regional governments are continuing to pursue a negotiated outcome even as the United States maintains daily military pressure against Iran.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Washington remained willing to negotiate but would only participate in discussions it considered substantive and credible.
The United States is open to diplomacy, Rubio told reporters, but “it has to be real.”
“If the door opens to diplomacy — if the guys that want to do something productive for Iran win and take control of that system, or take control of the negotiations — that’ll be a very positive development,” Rubio said. “That’s not where we are tonight, unfortunately.”
Rubio’s comments suggested the administration does not currently believe Iran’s decision-makers are prepared to accept the conditions necessary for meaningful negotiations.
The diplomatic opening therefore remained uncertain as American forces continued attacking Iranian military sites and Tehran maintained its own claims of action against maritime traffic.
Iran said it attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday and forced the vessel’s crew to abandon the ship.
Iran did not provide evidence supporting the claim.
CENTCOM, meanwhile, said commercial vessels continued to transit the strait and that American forces remained positioned to respond to further aggression against civilian mariners.
The competing claims underscored the central role of the shipping corridor in the conflict. Iran has sought to demonstrate that it can threaten maritime traffic, while the United States has emphasized its ability to keep vessels moving and punish attacks on commercial shipping.
The 10th straight night of U.S. strikes marked another expansion of a campaign aimed at systematically weakening the military infrastructure Iran could use against vessels, American personnel and regional targets.
The operation has now included attacks on command centers, maritime assets, missile and drone launch sites and air defense systems. Those target categories indicate an effort to disrupt Iran’s ability to coordinate attacks, launch weapons and protect its military facilities from further U.S. action.
Despite the sustained bombing campaign, diplomatic activity has not stopped. Pakistan’s intervention and Rubio’s acknowledgment that the United States remains open to negotiations provide a possible path toward renewed talks, although neither side has announced an agreement to return to formal discussions.
For now, American military operations and regional diplomatic efforts are proceeding simultaneously.
CENTCOM said its forces would remain prepared to hold Iran accountable for attacks against civilian mariners, while Iran continued making unverified claims that it had struck shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The conflict entered Tuesday with no confirmed diplomatic breakthrough and no announced end to the nightly U.S. strikes.
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