US forces launch fresh wave of strikes against Iranian military targets: CENTCOM

The US Central Command said on Wednesday US local time that it launched a fresh wave of strikes against Iranian military infrastructure to continue to degrade Tehrans capabilities Sharing the details in a post on X it said that the mission will continue to degrade Irans ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vesselsAt 530 pm ET today US forces began launching more strikes against Iranian military targets at the Commander in Chiefs direction The mission will continue to further degrade Irans ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters CENTCOM said on XAt 530 pm ET today US forces began launching more strikes against Iranian military targets at the Commander in Chiefs direction The mission will continue to further degrade Irans ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional watersmdash US Central Command CENTCOM July 22 2026The fresh wave of strikes comes as US President Donald Trump on Wednesday US local time said in Georgia that Iran is getting hit so hard and termed the war with Iran as a skirmish and claimed that Tehran wants to make a dealThis skirmish that we have with the Islamic Republic of Iran and I call it that because let me tell you Theyre getting hit so hard and they want to make a deal but I say theyre not ready to make a deal because every time they make a deal they want to change it and everything Theyre not ready Theyll be ready very soon Trump saidEarlier on Wednesday amid US threats of attack on Iranian infrastructure Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi warned that any aggression against Iran including that against the countrys infrastructure would be met with a decisive response and those contributing to it will also be considered as legitimate targetsThe sentiment was also echoed by the Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Irans Khatam alAnbiya Central Headquarters all of whom warned of a decisive actionMeanwhile Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaiel Baqaei on Wednesday referred to the recent US Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing on expansion of funds for the Department of War and condemned how not even a single question was raised about the human dimensions of the war despite the fact that all of them are well aware that the US military aggression against Iran has been an illegal war accompanied by countless war crimes including the crimes of Minab and Lamard Baqaei saidzwnj zwnj zwnj hellipmdash Esmaeil Baqaei IRIMFA_SPOX July 22 2026As developments follow the CENTCOM in another post on X countered Iranian claims of complete control over the Strait of Hormuz and said on X Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz The international waterway remains open for transit regardless of IRGC threats and attacks Commercial vessels continue to use the strait with US military support Since early May American forces have helped more than 900 ships transit the straitCLAIM Today Iranrsquos Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC Navy claimed that it controls exit and entry to the Strait of Hormuz suggesting that international mariners can only use routes the IRGC prefers This is FALSEFACT Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuzhellip pictwittercomCK7wZnpumHmdash US Central Command CENTCOM July 22 2026This comes as Iranian state broadcaster Press TV reported that Irans Khatam alAnbiya Central Headquarters said that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and if any vessel is to pass through the Strait it must only do so via the designated route and in accordance with the previously announced arrangementsAccording to Press TV it further warned that if Americas threats against Irans civilian infrastructure are carried out the armed forces will not allow even a single drop of oil to be exported and the oil gas electricity and economic infrastructure of the region will be targetsIrans Khatam alAnbiya states that the repeated threats of the US and its terrorist military will have no result but the expansion of war in the region and even beyond Press TV addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever