On Tuesday, the U.S. military launched a new series of strikes against Iranian targets, marking the second such attack this week. Iranian media reported explosions in areas including Asaluyeh, Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Konarak, Chabahar, Jask, Sirik, and Lavan. Trump stated that these strikes were "large in scale and powerful in impact," warning Iran not to retaliate, or it would face "even greater and higher-level" responses, under which "the Islamic Republic of Iran would be left with almost nothing." The U.S. Central Command, in its announcement of the strikes, said the operation was carried out "in response to recent attempts by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. personnel deployed in the region."
Before Tuesday’s strikes, Pezeshkian said during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that Iran was ready to return to the expired ceasefire agreement if the United States was willing. On Monday, Trump publicly expressed dissatisfaction with Iran's leadership on social media, calling them "completely chaotic and incapable of properly representing the country."
Iran stated that Trump had privately conveyed a message to Iran urging it not to retaliate against the latest U.S. military strikes. Iran directly rejected this request and quickly launched retaliatory attacks. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have attacked a U.S. military base at the Tittin camp in Jordan, warning that "those responsible will face severe punishment."
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