The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a third consecutive wave of strikes against Iran early Tuesday, ordered by President Donald Trump after he warned the country would be hit “very hard” and said: “There’s nothing they can do about it. They have nothing.” Hours later, the U.S. military command reported that the offensive targeted Iranian military capabilities linked to the Strait of Hormuz.
Soon after the bombings, 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 left one crew member dead and eight people injured.
Following the nighttime strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Tuesday morning that it carried out further missile and drone strikes against the Juffair naval base in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and said it also struck an air base in Jordan used by U.S. forces.
After the failure of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran and the resumption of hostilities last week, 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. In response, Iran’s senior military leadership said Washington has no authority over the future of the strait, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X: “Tehran will always be the guardian of the strait.”
Below, minute-by-minute coverage:
United Arab Emirates condemned “acts of piracy” in Hormuz after attack on Emirati tankers
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) condemned the Iranian attacks on navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as “acts of piracy” and “blackmail” after the recent bombardment caused “significant” material damage to two Emirati tankers and left one dead and eight injured, four of them seriously.
The Emirati Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned in a statement that “attacking commercial maritime transport and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic pressure or blackmail constitutes an act of piracy and poses a direct threat to regional stability and its population, as well as to global energy security.”
It demanded that “Iran stop these aggressive attacks, fully commit to ceasing all hostilities and reopen the strait completely and unconditionally in order to achieve regional security and the stability of the global economy and trade.”
India summoned an Iranian diplomat over an attack in Hormuz that left a sailor dead
The Government of India summoned the deputy head of the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi, Mustafa Goharifar, after an attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz left an Indian sailor dead and ten others injured, a diplomat from the Iranian mission told the EFE news agency.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs later said in a statement that it presented the Iranian diplomat with a “strong protest” over the attacks on the vessels MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, which were transiting that strategic waterway.
“We strongly condemn these attacks and acts of violence directed against seafarers and that obstruct free and safe navigation through international waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz,” the Indian Foreign Ministry said.
According to New Delhi, the two vessels carried a total of 30 Indian seafarers, out of a combined crew of 46.
Of the 12 Indian citizens aboard the MT Al Bahiyah, one died and another was injured. The MT Mombasa had 18 Indian crew members, nine of whom were injured, two seriously, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
A tanker was struck by a missile off the coast of Oman
A tanker was struck by a missile off the coast of Oman amid crossfire between the United States and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz, the British maritime agency UKMTO reported on Tuesday.
“A tanker reported being struck by a missile while transiting outbound via the southern route. Authorities are investigating,” the agency said in a statement about the incident on Monday.
It was initially unclear whether the attack was the same one previously reported by the United Arab Emirates, which indicated that two of its tankers had been struck by Iranian missiles in the strait and that a crewmember had died.
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Iran submitted a bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warns it will defend its “red lines”
Iran submitted a bill to Parliament to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warned it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chair of the Parliament’s National Security Commission, said.
In a message posted on 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 presented to Iran’s Parliament.”
The lawmaker said, “We remain firm in defending our red lines, particularly with respect to the management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He also anticipated further measures, stating: “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 advisory followed the UAE’s report that two Emirati-flagged tankers were struck by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the death of a seafarer.
Jordan shot down four missiles originating from Iran
Jordan said it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory, the state news agency reported.
Iran said it launched attacks against 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 attacks caused a fire in the base’s fuel depots and struck and destroyed a Patriot radar, as well as the fleet’s air control radar, a C-RAM early warning radar system and the command and monitoring center for unmanned surface vessels (USV).
“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.
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