India, July 8 -- The United States on Tuesday announced that it had launched a new wave of strikes on Iran, hitting 80 targets in its latest military operation.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the strikes were carried out in direct response to Iran's recent attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

"U.S. forces struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats in and near the strait to degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking international commerce flowing through the international trade corridor," CENTCOM said in a statement.

"The unwarranted aggression by Iranian forces i...