The United States resumed strikes on Iran on Tuesday, targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets as the conflict continues.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed the attacks and dubbed the strikes a response to Iran's continued interference with commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf.

"Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region," CENTCOM stated.

President Donald Trump subsequently spoke on the strikes, but insisted they were in response to a failed attempt by the Iranians to mine the Strait of Hormuz.

"The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan," he posted.

"If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!" he went on.

The war began in late February with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. President Donald Trump has sought a commitment from Iran to never possess a nuclear weapon, though the government has been unwilling to agree to those terms.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.