Explosions were heard in southern Iran, in Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, and Sirik, according to reports from Iranian state media, Press TV on Wednesday morning.
US 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," CENTCOM reported.
The semi-official Fars News Agency reported 10 explosions in Sirik and four in Mesen, on Qeshm Island early on Wednesday morning.
A US official told Reuters that the strikes targeted Iranian air defense systems, coastal surveillance, surface-to-air missiles, anti-ship cruise missiles, and drone launch sites.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned a US treasury move to revoke the temporary suspension of sanctions on Iranian oil sales, saying that Iran "holds the United States responsible for violating the memorandum of understanding, and will take any measures we deem necessary to safeguard our interests and national security."
Iran's foreign ministry added that "The US has repeatedly violated the terms of the memorandum of understanding over the past 20 days, either directly or through the actions of the Zionist entity against Lebanon."
This is a developing story.