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Iran Accuses US of Violating Ceasefire with Coastal Attacks

Iran: Iran said Wednesday that the latest US military strikes targeted several monitoring and surveillance centers along the country's southern coast, accusing Washington of violating international law and a ceasefire agreement.

According to Anadolu Agency, Iran's Foreign Ministry stated that the "US terrorist army" launched strikes in the early hours of Wednesday against several monitoring and surveillance facilities on Iran's southern coastline. The ministry asserted that these attacks constituted "a blatant violation" of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, which prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of states.

The Foreign Ministry further accused Washington of violating the first article of the ceasefire agreement between the two countries, which it said requires an end to military operations. This agreement, a memorandum of understanding reached on June 17, was aimed at ending the military conflict between Iran and the US and achieving a lasting peace agreement.

Additionally, Iran's state broadcaster IRIB reported that a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy was killed in the US attacks in Bandar Mahshahr. The public relations office of the Third Naval Zone of the Imam Hussein Basij Corps in Bandar Mahshahr identified the casualty as a Basij member assigned to the unit, who was killed during what it described as an encounter with enemy drones early Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the US military has stated that it carried out a new wave of strikes against Iran, targeting more than 80 locations in response to Iranian attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that the strikes were conducted "in immediate response to Iranian attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz."