Donald Trump unleashes devastating new strikes on Iran as full-blown conflict threatens to reignite

Donald Trump has unleashed a series of new attacks on Iran, threatening the reignition of full-blown conflict.

Late on Thursday, explosions were heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz - with Iranian state television confirming the blasts came amid an active "exchange of fire".

Iran earlier accused the US military of violating its ceasefire by targeting two ships in the Strait of Hormuz and targeting civilian areas, on its coasts.

But the President has said the strikes were just a "love tap" and denied that the US had violated a fragile ceasefire.

"The ceasefire is going. It's in effect," Mr Trump told American outlet ABC News.

US Central Command confirmed it had struck Iran, saying it had "eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities", which included missile launch sites and command and control locations.

The US military said Iran had launched multiple missiles, drones, and small boats towards three US Navy Destroyer ships.

No US assets were struck by Iran, but Iran said the country's Qeshm Port and Bandar Abbas had been targeted in the retaliatiory strikes.

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