WASHINGTON, July 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. forces launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after several commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz were attacked, the U.S. Central Command said.
U.S. forces "have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway," the command said in a post on X. ■
