US military launches fresh strikes on Iran as Donald Trump threatens ‘much worse’ to come – Middle East crisis live

Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB is reporting eight explosions were heard in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas with air defence systems activated as a result.

Iran’s Nournews cites military source as saying that Iranian armed forces to launch a “massive” attack on U.S army bases in the region shortly.

Iran’s IRNA is reporting power cuts in Chabahar after reports of explosions from the area.

Tonight’s strikes come 24 hours after the US had launched strikes on more than 80 Iranian targets around the strait of Hormuz and revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Tehran to export oil after Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels on Tuesday.

Speaking at the Nato summit in Ankara, Donald Trump had earlier declared the ceasefire with Iran is over.

U.S. Central Command has confirmed the strikes, posting on X: “At the direction of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The United States is holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway.”

The US military says it’s carrying out another round of strikes after Iran attacked ships in Strait of Hormuz a day earlier.

The latest strikes came as Iran’s Mehr agency said explosions were heard near Konarak and Chabahr. Iranian reports also said air defenses were engaging ‘hostile targets’ near Bandar Abbas.

The new attacks came hours after ‌Donald Trump declared that ​an interim agreement ⁠to end ​the war ​with Iran ​was “over”.