The US military has carried out additional strikes against Iran, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.
Several targets were attacked, including air defence positions, drone storage facilities and surveillance infrastructure, CENTCOM said. It said the strikes were in response to what it described as continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping.
It was the second US attack on Iran since the signing of a framework agreement between the two countries in mid-June. On Friday, the United States said it had carried out airstrikes on Iranian missile and drone storage facilities as well as coastal radar sites in response to a drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday that Washington blamed on Tehran.
The British maritime security agency UKMTO said on Saturday that a tanker had been hit by an unidentified projectile, although the exact circumstances initially remained unclear. According to CENTCOM, the vessel was the Panama-flagged tanker Kiku. The tanker had departed Qatar on Thursday and was bound for the United Arab Emirates, the New York Times reported, citing a US official.
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported early on Sunday that several explosions had been heard in a village near the city of Sirik. It later said projectiles had struck a communications tower.
