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Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com. This is a breaking news alert. The United States military just conducted strikes in Iran.

The strikes were conducted in the port of Kashem at Bonder Abbas and in Manab. Centcom is confirming.

State regime media, which calls itself Fox is confirming. State regime media, which calls itself CBS is

confirming. We're also hearing from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. They're confirming

that strikes took place by the United States. And Iran is saying that they responded with

strikes at two Navy destroyers, which Iran says is now

leaving the area after trying to come into the strait of Hormuz.

We are also hearing from various other Iranian news sources talking about retaliation now being

expected from Iran.

Let's just go through some of the facts, folks, about what's taking place.

So first we got the news from state regime media, Foxing.

The United States military just carried out strikes on Iran's Keshimport and Bondur Abbas.

Senior U.S. officials were telling Fox.

Then Sentcom posted the following. Sentcom protects U.S. wars were telling Fox. Then Sentcom posted the following.

Sentcom protects U.S. warships transiting the strait of Hormuz.

U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes

as U.S. Navy-guided missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman on May 7.

The Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones, and small boats at the USS Truxton,

the USS Rafael Peralta, and the USS Mason transiting this international sea passage. No U.S. assets were struck, according to

CENTCOM. Iran seems to suggest that some U.S. assets were indeed struck.

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