US Completes Strikes on Surveillance, Communications and Air Defense Sites Across Iran

U.S. forces completed self-defense strikes against Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems and air defense sites across Iran on June 10 at the commander in chief’s direction, U.S. Central Command said.

Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy assets fired precision munitions at Iranian targets that posed a threat to U.S. forces and international commercial ships in regional waters, CENTCOM said. The strikes began at 5:15 p.m. ET and came in response to what the command called Iran’s “unwarranted and continued aggression.”

CENTCOM rejected Iranian media claims that Iran attacked a U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz, saying in a separate post that no U.S. warships have been struck. The command also denied a claim by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that the strait is closed, saying commercial ships continued moving in and out of the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday night.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled the operation earlier Wednesday after visiting CENTCOM headquarters in Tampa, Florida. “Central Command will be busy tonight because President Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard, and we will be,” Hegseth told reporters.

Central Command will be busy tonight because President Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard, and we will be.

— Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Hegseth said Iran has a chance to make “a good deal, a great deal” to lock in steps it has claimed it would take but has not taken. Iran has been “tap, tap, tapping” on a deal, he said, and will instead see bombs dropping on key facilities. The War Department, he added, is “prepared to set the terms” for the kind of agreement President Trump expects.

The strikes came one day after U.S. forces disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman for the second consecutive day. At 11:14 p.m. June 9, a U.S. aircraft fired precision munitions into the engine room of the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello after its crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces, CENTCOM said. The command said the tanker attempted to transport oil from Iran in violation of the ongoing U.S. blockade.

CENTCOM said its forces have disabled eight non-compliant vessels, redirected 134 ships that complied and allowed 42 vessels supporting humanitarian aid to pass since the blockade began April 13.

“U.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready,” the statement said.