DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched missile and drone attacks against U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait early Wednesday, hours after the United States carried out fresh airstrikes inside Iran and revoked a waiver that had allowed Tehran to sell oil on the open market, escalating tensions that threaten to unravel an already fragile interim agreement between the two countries.

The U.S. military's Central Command said it struck more than 80 targets inside Iran, including air defense systems, command and control networks, and anti-ship missile capabilities. The Pentagon said the strikes were carried out in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, including a Saudi oil tanker and a Qatari liquefied natural gas carrier struck in waters off the coast of Oman. According to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center, one tanker caught fire after being hit while traveling off Oman's coast, while the other two vessels sustained damage but continued on their way, with no injuries reported. Iranian state television said the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings, though Tehran did not directly claim responsibility for the assault.

U.S. Central Command said it had also targeted more than 60 small boats operated by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in and near the strait, describing the vessels as central to Iran's efforts to harass commercial shipping. The command said the strikes were carried out "to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway," adding that U.S. forces remained "postured and prepared to hold Iran........

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