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Trump says US will hit Iran 'hard' again today10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivandAmy WalkerEPAPresident Donald Trump has said the US will hit Iran “hard” on Wednesday, after the two sides exchanged strikes overnight.
“We hit them hard yesterday and we're going to hit them hard again today,” he said, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office.
Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian said in a post on X following Trump's briefing that Iran “will stand firm against any pressure or threat”.
US Central Command (Centcom) said on Wednesday night that forces had begun launching strikes at 17:15 Eastern Time (22:15 BST) against “multiple targets” in Iran.
It added in a post on X that the strikes were “in response to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression”.
The US also launched strikes on Iran on Tuesday after Trump said Iran had downed a US Army helicopter.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it responded with str..

Three Indian sailors missing after US says it hit tanker in Gulf of Oman4 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHenri AstierCentcomCentcom posted what it said was footage of the strike on the ship's engine room The US military has disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that it accused of violating an American blockade by “attempting to transport oil from Iran”.
In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired “precision munitions” into the engine room of the Palau-flagged Settebello “after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces”.
India's government said three Indian sailors were missing and 21 Indian crew members had been rescued after the attack on the Settebello off the coast of Oman.
It said the “targeting of commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end”.
The US military blocked access to Iran's ports after Tehran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which some 20% of the world..