Hormuz tankers on fire, as US, Iran continue attacks: What’s the latest?

EXPLAINERThe White House told Al Jazeera that the US would continue strikes unless Trump decides otherwise.The United States continued to attack Iran for a tenth consecutive night early on Tuesday, hitting military command centres. Explosions were reported in Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr.Iran retaliated, striking US military assets in the Gulf, attacking Bahrain and Kuwait. Additionally, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said “massive fires” had also broken out on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.Here is a recap of what happened on Monday night and Tuesday.Where was Iran attacked?The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it completed another round of strikes against Iran at 01:00 GMT on Tuesday. This marks the tenth consecutive night of US strikes against Iran.CENTCOM said it hit Iranian military command centres, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and air defence systems.Al Jazeera’s Tohid Assidi reported from the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday that explosions were reported on Qeshm Island, the largest island in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as in the port cities of Bandar Abbas and Bandar Lengeh.Explosions were heard in the southwestern city of Shiraz at about 1am local time (21:30 GMT) on Tuesday, Iran’s IRIB state broadcaster reported.It said a location in the east of the city and another in the west “were attacked by the enemy”.IRIB also cited the deputy governor of Isfahan province as saying there was no “enemy aggression or explosions” in the city of Isfahan or the wider province, denying an earlier report from the semi-official Mehr news agency.