The US Central Command launched a new round of attacks on many parts of southern Iran at 0:30 a.m. this morning Iran time. According to CNN reports, a US military central command spokesperson said that within an hour before the US military launched an attack, “Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps opened fire on merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.” Iran has yet to respond to this report. On the afternoon of July 12, US Eastern Time, US President Trump said in a telephone interview with Reuters: “We are cracking down hard on them.”

The US Central Command launched a new round of attacks on many parts of southern Iran at 0:30 a.m. this morning Iran time. According to CNN reports, a US military central command spokesperson said that within an hour before the US military launched an attack, “Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps opened fire on merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.” Iran has yet to respond to this report. On the afternoon of July 12, US Eastern Time, US President Trump said in a telephone interview with Reuters: “We are cracking down hard on them.”