The United States has renewed its attacks against Iran in response to an incident a day earlier when a cargo vessel was struck by an Iranian drone.

On Friday, the US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said it had issued a “powerful response to yesterday’s attack”, The Caspian Post reports, citing Al Jazeera.

“US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

“Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor.”

US strikes were reported near the southern Iranian port of Sirik after the announcement.

Afterwards, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it responded with attacks against US military installations in the region.

In a statement to the government news service IRNA, the IRGC warned, “In the event of repeated aggression, our response will be more extensive than this.”