Iran bets on war of attrition against the US

A bridge destroyed by a US airstrike in Bandar-e Abbas, southern Iran, July 17. MORTEZA AKHOONDI/MEIMAGES/MAXPPP On Tuesday, July 21, for the 10 th consecutive night, US airstrikes continued against several sites along Iran's southern coast, while Tehran kept up its retaliation by targeting American bases in the region. At dawn, the Iranian military announced it had launched a new wave of operations against Kuwait, claiming to have targeted "HIMARS missile systems (...) of the US terrorist army stationed at the Arifjan base" with ground-to-ground missiles. The HIMARS is an advanced high-mobility rocket artillery system used by US forces. Meanwhile, US Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, stated it had carried out, on the orders of President Donald Trump, a new series of strikes on targets in Iran. According to Washington, these strikes aimed to degrade Iranian military capabilities used to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Overnight from Monday to Tuesday, Iranian media reported several explosions in the southern city of Shiraz, without further details on possible damage. At the same time, numerous eyewitness accounts shared on social media described explosions in Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Konarak, on Qeshm Island and in several other locations in southern Iran. You have 79.3% of this article left to read. The rest is for subscribers only.