Playing With Fire: Iran Hits Another Commercial Vessel in the Strait, US Promptly Unloads Bombs

Iran attacked another vessel in the Strait of Hormuz Saturday, and the U.S. wasted little time striking back. The American military carried out operations Friday night, but Saturday’s response was described as bigger. United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media that the airstrikes were “at the Commander in Chief’s direction”: After yesterday’s U.S. strikes in response to the Iranian attack on M/V Ever Lovely, Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit M/T Kiku this morning at 4:30 a.m. ET. The Panama-flagged...