Trump strikes Iranian infrastructure in response to vessel attacks

The US military said Saturday it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump's direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war's uneasy ceasefire.

US Central Command, in a post to social media, said US military aircraft targeted Iranian military "surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities" following an attack on a merchant vessel early on Saturday morning.

Iran state TV reported several explosions were heard in the vicinity of Tahrouyi village in Sirik.

"The explosions heard were caused by several projectiles striking a telecommunications tower in the vicinity of Tahrouyi village in Sirik," the newsreader said, citing an informed military source.

The ongoing strikes in the Persian Gulf show the danger of the Iran war again spinning out of control, even after Iran and the US reached an interim deal to try and agree on a final accord to end the conflict.

The incident follows a similar back and forth that occurred just days prior when an Iranian drone struck a merchant vessel off the coast of Oman on Thursday and the US military retaliated with strikes the next day.

US Central Command said in this latest attack Iranian forces attacked the oil tanker Kiku with a one-way drone. The tanker was laden with more than two million barrels of crude oil and sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.