US says it has completed its latest wave of strikes on Iran

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, ‌July 13 (Reuters) - ​The ​U.S. military said late on Monday its forces have completed their latest wave of strikes ‌on Iran that the U.S. Central Command began ⁠earlier in the day at the direction of President Donald ‌Trump.

• "During the five-hour mission, ‌U.S. forces successfully struck military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and ​Bandar Abbas," the Central Command said in a statement on X.

• It marked a third consecutive ⁠night of strikes against Iran as Trump said he was reinstating a ​blockade of Iranian shipping while proposing to charge a 20% fee to guard the ​Strait of Hormuz.

• Iran's top ‌joint military command said the U.S. had no role in determining the future of ⁠the waterway and would not be allowed to intervene.

• Iran announced over the weekend it was closing the vital ⁠waterway.

• The Iran war began when the U.S. and Israel ​attacked Iran on February 28 and Iran responded with its own strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host U.S. bases.

• ‌U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Israeli attacks on Lebanon during the war have ‌killed thousands and displaced millions.

• The war has also ⁠spiked oil prices and ‌shaken markets around ​the world.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington and Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln ‌Feast.)

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