Video: U.S. strikes Iranian missile, drone storage, radar sites after attack on commercial ship —CENTCOM
Abdullateef Fowewe
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that American forces conducted strikes against Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites on June 26 in response to an attack on a commercial vessel the previous day.
This was made known in a statement CENTCOM released on Saturday.
“U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” the statement said.
CENTCOM said the strikes followed Iran’s use of a one-way attack drone to hit the Singapore-flagged M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 as the cargo ship was exiting the strait along the Omani coast.
The statement described the Iranian action as “unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping” that “clearly violated the ceasefire” and said Tehran’s conduct “undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor.”
CENTCOM added that U.S. forces “continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait” and that the U.S. military “remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.”
CENTCOM released grainy black-and-white targeting footage labeled “UNCLASSIFIED” showing multiple precision strikes with visible explosions and smoke plumes on ground structures in a desert area.
