[US-Israel, Iran War Day #186] Vance Calls Iran’s Leadership ‘Really Crazy’ Over Attacks on Oil Flows

In Brief…

• Trump on Tuesday warned Iran against retaliating, saying any response would trigger much heavier US strikes and threatening an even larger attack that could devastate the Islamic Republic.
• US forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran at noon Tuesday, the US CENTCOM said, adding that the action followed recent attempted IRGC attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on American service members in the region.
• Iranian state media reported explosions in Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Konarak, Qeshm, and Sirik.
• A tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles while completing an outbound transit of the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said Monday.
• US President Donald Trump said Iranian officials themselves did not know who was in charge of the country, adding that Tehran’s military leadership had been severely weakened.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told MS NOW that US forces used locations in the United Arab Emirates to launch rocket attacks on Iran’s Kharg and Abu Musa islands.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Trump says US strikes target Iranian effort to rebuild radar system