U.S. launches strikes on southern Iran

The U.S. military says it carried out Òself-defenceÓ strikes in Iran,
including on missile launch sites and boats attempting to place
mines in the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian ports and major jetties

May 25: U.S. strikes target area
near port city of Bandar Abbas,
home to IranÕs main naval base and
dual-use airport

Explosions heard
near port towns

IRAN
IRAQ
KUWAIT
SAUDI
ARABIA
QATAR
BAHRAIN
UAE
PAKISTAN
OMAN
Jask
Chabahar
Sirik
Abadan
Imam Khomeini
Asaluyeh
Bushehr
Kharg Island
Kish
U.S.
blockade
of Iranian
ports
Gulf of
Oman
Arabian Sea
Persian
Gulf 
200km
125 miles

IRAN
Tehran
500km
310 miles

Strait of Hormuz: Key waterway Ð
through which one fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed Ð is effectively in IranÕs chokehold, disrupting global energy markets

Sources: Associated Press, BBC, Reuters
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