The U.S. military struck targets in Iran near the Strait of Hormuz in what a spokesman for the military said Monday were acts of self-defense.

The strikes on Iranian missile launch sites and boats were taken in "self-defence", US Central Command says.

The strikes on Iranian missile launch sites and boats were taken in "self-defence", US Central Command says.

May 25 (UPI) -- The United States launched strikes in southern Iran on Monday even as negotiators for Tehran and Washington were preparing for further talks to end their war, a U.S. military spokesman said.