The United States has resumed strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran Tuesday afternoon, according to U.S. Central Command.

“Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran,” CENTCOM posted to X on Tuesday.

“The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region,” the post added.

The two countries exchanged strikes over the weekend as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly attempted to place mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Axios. After the American strikes, the Iranians then tried to hit American military bases in Jordan.

“Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a recent statement that strikes by U.S. forces to prevent the IRGC from placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz were an ‘act of aggression,” CENTCOM posted on Sunday night. 

“This claim is absolutely FALSE,” CENTCOM added.

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