New Delhi, July 8 -- The US military has launched what it described as a 'series of powerful strikes' against Iran on Wednesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil. The US response came after three tankers were hit by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

"U.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire," the US Central Command said in a pos...