THE United States unleashed a fresh round of overnight strikes against Iran after the regime closed the Strait of Hormuz, saying “now they pay”.

The US Army pounded 140 military targets including missile and drone sites, naval assets and ammunition storage sites in the latest escalation in the war against Iran.

IRAN-US-ISRAEL-WARThe US bombed more than a hundred sites across Iran Credit: AFP

Pete Hegseth posted on X: “Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay.”

It comes after Iran violated the ceasefire by striking commercial ships travelling through the contested waterway on July 6.

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