The United States has launched fresh strikes on targets in Iran after accusing Tehran of attempting attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as hostilities resumed following a month-long pause in military action.

US Central Command said Tuesday that the latest strikes were carried out in response to recent attempts by the Iranian government to attack commercial shipping in the strategic waterway.

The renewed escalation follows a US military strike on rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran subsequently fired missiles at US facilities in Jordan, which were intercepted, while the United Arab Emirates said it had shot down an Iranian drone over its territorial waters.

US President Donald Trump on Monday warned that further military action could be necessary and said the United States would respond with greater force if Iran retaliated.

In a social media post, Trump said US forces were striking targets near the Strait of Hormuz and warned that any Iranian response would face a much stronger US attack.

He further said that, once the conflict was over, “very little” would remain of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The US military has described the renewed operation as limited and aimed primarily at preventing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from laying additional mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement posted on X on Monday, Central Command said US forces had taken “limited, precise action” against IRGC forces involved in mine-laying activities, which it described as an imminent threat to shipping.

The command said the action was intended to protect civilian mariners, commercial vessels and the free flow of global commerce through the strategically important waterway.

Central Command reiterated Tuesday that the US strikes were conducted only after what it described as Iranian aggression against commercial vessels and American troops in the region.

Meanwhile, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after about 18 months in the post. The White House announced his departure after he spoke with Trump about the current condition of the US Army, according to an Army official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Driscoll's departure is the latest among senior military leadership changes under the Trump administration.