US renews attacks on Iran after US soldier killed: What’s the latest?

The United States has attacked Iran for a ninth consecutive nighttime aft the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announced a US worker had died successful bluish Iraq successful a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.

Here is what happened implicit Sunday nighttime and Monday greeting and what officials connected some sides person said:

Where was Iran attacked?

CENTCOM announced successful a connection connected X that it completed the ninth question of attacks against Iran astatine 02:00 GMT connected Monday.

It said it “targeted Iranian subject bid centers, aerial defence and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, rocket and drone motorboat sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran’s quality to onslaught commercialized vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz”.

The US subject did not supply details astir the existent sites deed successful Iran.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said 2 lipid tankers “exploded” and were halted successful the confederate Strait of Hormuz precocious connected Sunday, according to a study by the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency connected Monday.

The IRGC stated the vessels were trying to transit done the strategical waterway nether what it described arsenic US coercion.

“This transition is unsafe for the transport of chemic fertiliser oregon adjacent a azygous driblet of lipid and gas,” the radical warned, adding that the corridor would stay unsafe arsenic agelong arsenic US subject operations successful the portion continue.

An MQ-9 drone was intercepted and changeable down implicit Eslamabad-e Gharb successful occidental Iran’s Kermanshah province, according to the Mehr News Agency connected Monday.

Mehr said the drone was targeted by an precocious aerial defence strategy operated by the IRGC aerospace force.

Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim News Agency reported connected Monday that US strikes targeted an country successful the municipality of Khormoj successful southwestern Iran. It quoted a section official.

Where did Iran strike, and wherever were warnings issued?

Jordan: The IRGC said connected Monday that it launched ballistic missiles astatine US C-17 transport planes and P-8 craft astatine Aqaba airport, claiming respective were heavy damaged. In a connection carried by the state-controlled IRIB broadcaster, the IRGC besides said 20 hangars lodging US forces successful the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base successful Azraq were destroyed.

Bahrain: The US embassy successful Bahrain said it has accusation suggesting Iran whitethorn question to people unspecified locations successful cardinal Manama. It urged Americans to stay vigilant, travel instructions from section authorities and instantly question structure if informing sirens dependable oregon explosions are heard.

US worker successful Iraq: A US work subordinate was killed successful bluish Iraq connected Saturday during the controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from an Iranian drone, CENTCOM said.

What happened successful the Strait of Hormuz?

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) bureau reported precocious connected Sunday that a vas astir 8 nautical miles (15km) northwest of Kumzar, Oman, had caught fire.

It is unclear whether this happened owed to an onslaught by Iran. The UKMTO said the origin of the occurrence had not been verified and advised vessels successful the country to transit with caution and study immoderate suspicious enactment portion authorities investigate.

What person Iranian and American leaders said?

US President Donald Trump said connected Sunday that the US is hitting Iran to honour American work members who person been killed.

“We deed them precise hard again tonight, and we did that successful honour of the, astir apt three, it’s astir apt 3 large patriots,” Trump told reporters arsenic helium returned to Washington, DC, aft the World Cup last successful New Jersey. At slightest 2 US soldiers were killed successful Jordan past week aft Iranian missiles struck a US basal there, and the 3rd worker Trump referred to was killed successful Iraq during the detonation of the Iranian drone.

“We consciousness precise badly,” helium said erstwhile asked astir the subject fatalities, adding that those who died were warring truthful “Iran cannot person a atomic weapon.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said successful an interrogation with authorities media that Tehran would extremity the warfare with the US erstwhile it had “the precocious manus successful the field”, section quality reported connected Monday.

Talking with the IRNA quality agency, Araghchi said the astir captious determination successful situation absorption was identifying the precise infinitesimal to halt hostilities and statesman negotiations.

“The extremity of the warfare is imaginable either done implicit subject triumph oregon done negotiations. The close clip to negociate is precisely erstwhile you person achieved a reliable tract and strategical accomplishment connected the subject front,” Araghchi said.

“You cannot instrumentality risks with the lives of the radical and the destiny of the full country. Decisions indispensable beryllium made based connected close and implicit calculations,” Araghchi said.