US military strikes Iran after Tehran hits 3 tankers in Strait of Hormuz

killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes at the end of February.

The U.S. strikes occurred just hours after the Trump administration revoked a sanctions waiver that permitted the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals.

Transactions that were allowed under the previous sanctions waiver would have to wind down by July 17, the new documents from the Treasury continue reading …