The U.S. military said on the 8th (local time) that it carried out additional airstrikes targeting Iranian military facilities.
U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, said on social media X (formerly Twitter) that it struck about 90 military targets along Iran's coastline, including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone depots, naval assets, and logistics support infrastructure.
Central Command said the aim of the operation was to further degrade Iran's military capability to attack commercial ships and civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. military's operations against Iran entered a second day. The previous day, in response to Iran's attack on merchant ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military carried out airstrikes on more than 80 military targets, including about 60 small boats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Central Command emphasized that the U.S. military is maintaining a posture of readiness and lethal combat power and is prepared to conduct operations under the orders of the commander in chief (U.S. President Donald Trump).
Iran also mounted retaliatory attacks for a second straight day, targeting U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to the U.S. airstrikes. The previous day, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement released on state television that it struck U.S. facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait. On the day as well, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar came under drone and missile attacks believed to be carried out by Iran.