The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a third consecutive wave of strikes against Iran in the early hours of Tuesday, under orders from President Donald Trump. Trump had warned Iran it would be hit “very hard” and said, “There is nothing they can do about it. They have nothing.” Hours later, the U.S. military said the offensive targeted Iranian military capabilities linked to the Strait of Hormuz.
Soon after the airstrikes, the United Arab Emirates reported that Iranian cruise missiles struck two Emirati tankers transiting the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz, in Omani territorial waters. The attack killed one crew member and injured eight others.
Following the nighttime strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in the morning that it had carried out additional missile and drone strikes against the Juffair naval base in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and said it also struck an airbase in Jordan used by U.S. forces.
After the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran collapsed and hostilities resumed last week, President Trump said the strait would remain open “with or without Iran” and announced that the United States would charge a 20% fee to ships transiting the waterway to cover security costs. Iran’s military leadership responded that Washington has no authority over the strait’s future, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X: “Tehran will always be the guardian of the strait.”
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Iran submitted a bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warns it will defend its “red lines”
Iran has submitted a bill to Parliament to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warned it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the parliamentary National Security Commission, said.
In a post on the social network X, Azizi said, “Last night, coinciding with the downing of U.S. drones, the bill ‘Strategic Action for the Security and Sustainable Progress of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf’ was formally submitted to Iran’s Parliament.”
The lawmaker said, “We remain steadfast in defending our red lines, especially regarding the management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He added that further measures are planned: “This is the first step; subsequent measures will follow.”
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U.S. diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates cancel appointments
The U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the U.S. Consulate General in Dubai have canceled consular appointments through Wednesday due to the regional security situation, the embassy said in a security alert.
The announcement followed UAE reports that two Emirati-flagged tankers were struck by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, causing the death of one sailor.
Jordan shot down four missiles originating from Iran
Jordan says it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory, the state news agency reported.
Iran says it struck the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched missile and drone attacks against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
According to the IRGC, the strikes caused a fire in the base’s fuel depots and hit and destroyed a Patriot radar, the fleet’s air traffic control radar, a C-RAM early-warning radar system, and the control and monitoring center for unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
“The reprisal operation continues,” the statement added.
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