The US-Iran conflict resurges, Trump believes that the nuclear deal "is terminated"
The Iranian government stated on the 8th that the US attack seriously violated the Iran-US Islamic Cooperation Memorandum.
President Trump said at the NATO summit on the 8th that he believed the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding has "ended".
Iran says US military bases in the Middle East are "legal targets for attack"
According to the Islamic Republic News Agency of Iran, the Iranian military issued a statement on the 8th stating that all US military bases in the Middle East will become "legal targets for attack" by Iranian drones.
The statement said that in response to the US attacks on military and civilian areas in southern Iran and in violation of the Islamic peace memorandum, the Iranian military used drones to strike the US military at the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain. This action is a response to the US's repeated violations of the ceasefire.
Trump releases "US strikes on Iran" video
Trump posted a "US strikes on Iran" video on social media on the 7th. The video shows ground facilities being hit, with flames and thick smoke rising in the night.
Trump did not provide any explanation for the video, but later retweeted the video and attached a post from a netizen. The post read, "Breaking news: Massive attack on Iran."
Earlier reports from US media stated that Trump, who was attending the NATO summit in Turkey, had approved plans to strike Iran and had issued orders to strike.
US military claims to have completed a new round of strikes on Iran
The US Central Command stated on the 7th that it had completed a new round of strikes on Iran, hitting more than 80 targets, including Iran's air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small fast boats.
The US military stated that the strikes were in response to recent Iranian attacks on commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz and were aimed at weakening Iran's ability to continue attacking ships in the international waters. The US Central Command forces will continue to maintain their deployment posture.
Earlier on the 7th local time, the US Central Command posted on social media that the US military had begun a "series of powerful" strikes against Iran. According to Iranian media reports, explosions were heard in the early hours of the 8th in Abbas Port, Sirik, and Qeshm Island in southern Iran.
The Iranian government stated on the 8th that the US attacks severely violated the Iran-US Islamic peace memorandum. The Iranian Armed Forces' Hataam Anbia Central Headquarters issued a statement saying that it will respond resolutely to the US attacks and reiterates that the US intervention in the management of the Strait of Hormuz is not allowed under any circumstances.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have destroyed 85 US military facilities
On the 8th, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Public Relations Department issued a statement claiming to have "destroyed" 85 important US military facilities in the Middle East.
The statement said that on the early morning of the 8th, the US military blatantly violated the ceasefire agreement, violated the Islamic peace memorandum, and launched airstrikes on multiple military bases and civilian facilities along the coasts of Hormozgan and Mahshahr provinces. As a "preliminary response" to the US "aggression", the Revolutionary Guard Navy and Air Force jointly used missiles and drones to destroy 85 important US military facilities at the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and the Ali Salim Air Base in Kuwait, and shot down an enemy MQ-9 drone that attempted to interfere with the operation.
This article is reproduced from "Xinhua News Agency", GMTEight Editor: Feng Qiuyi.
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