MOSCOW, July 8 (HS/RIA Novosti) - The United States has completed a new round of strikes on Iran, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces completed a new round of offensive strikes against Iran, July 7, hitting over 80 targets with precision munitions as an immediate response to Iran's latest attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the command said in a statement on Tuesday night.

US forces reportedly struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control facilities, coastal radar stations, anti-ship missile systems, and more than 60 small boats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in and near the Strait of Hormuz to weaken Iran's ability to attack merchant vessels in the strait.

Iran recently attacked three commercial vessels transiting the strait including Marshall Islands-flagged M/T Al Rekayyat, Saudi Arabia-flagged M/T Wedyan, and Liberian-flagged M/T Cyprus Prosperity, the command recalled.

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