Trump threatens 'biggest attack of them all' on Iran as conflict flares up again

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Play Mute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently playing live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen ITV News US Correspondent Dan Rivers reflects on an 'alarming increase in tempo' in military attacks in the region after around a month of Washington prioritising economic pressure against its adversary The US has carried out more strikes against Iranian targets in response to recent attempted attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. “Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran,” the United States Central Command wrote in a post on X. “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 new round of strikes comes after the US and Iran traded attacks overnight into Monday, marking the first exchange of fire between the two countries in more than a month. US and Iran trade strikes marking first major military escalation in a month US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz At the time, Iran said it had fired missiles towards US military targets in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for a US strike on Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island. The US said Iran was trying to launch sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping route that has become the centre of regional tensions and diplomatic efforts. President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Iran would face more severe US military action if it retaliates against what he called a “very justified attack,” while noting that the US is still holding out on “the biggest attack of them all”. “The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan." People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: AP Later, Trump told Fox News that the US went after radar systems that Tehran had tried to rebuild. “They tried to rebuild their radar because they can’t see anything,” he said. “We waited until it was almost built and then we hit it,” he added, touting US military capabilities. “The [USS] George Washington is loaded to the gills,” he said. Trump also said the US gave allies in the Gulf advance warning before its latest strikes and criticised Iran’s leadership. “I think an agreement with them isn’t worth the paper it’s written on,” the president said, later adding, “They don’t stop: They’re crazy and they’re stupid,” he said. Trump's social media post on Iran. Credit: @realDonaldTrump/ Truth Social Iran has vowed to retaliate against the strikes. Iran’s Armed Forces Central Headquarters said Iran would “deliver crushing and devastating blows” against the “American enemy,” state broadcaster IRIB reported. “The more the US military persists in its aggression in the region, the greater and heavier the losses it will have to endure,” it said. Iran said on Tuesday that it had launched missiles toward Jordan. Jordan’s state broadcaster Al-Mamlakah reported that air raid sirens were activated in the governorates of Mafraq and Aqaba following the reported attack. There was no immediate information on casualties or damage. Subscribe for free to our weekly newsletter for exclusive and original coverage from ITV News. Direct to your inbox every Friday morning. Four projectiles hit the neighbouring port cities of Chabahar and Konarak in southeastern Iran, Iranian authorities said on Tuesday. Multiple explosions were also heard east of Bandar Abbas and around Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s state-run broadcaster IRIB. Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island sit on the northern side of the strait, one of the world’s most important energy-shipping chokepoints, while Chabahar and Konarak are twin strategic port cities on the Gulf of Oman that host key commercial, maritime and military infrastructure. The earlier exchange of strikes sent global oil prices almost 3% higher and drove US stock indexes lower on Monday. The attacks happened days after Trump declared the strait free from mines and marked a shift from Washington’s recent focus on maximising economic pressure on Iran rather than using military might. Reporting History sees journalists join News At Ten anchor Tom Bradby to revisit their remarkable on-the-day reports of the defining events of the modern age. Listen to the episodes below...