The US military escorted 40 commercial vessels carrying 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, marking a wartime high as Iran and the US exchanged a new round strikes on Tuesday, two US officials familiar with the operations told CNN.

The United States says it has completed a new round of strikes against Iran amid escalating fighting around the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday floated renaming the Strait of Hormuz — the central point of contention in the ongoing war against Iran that the U.S. and Israel started — after himself.

America said it had launched fresh strikes on Iran.

Esmaeil Baghaei, the spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described the Kuhestak attack as a "war crime" and hit back at US claims that it does not target civilians.