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, after he warned the country would be hit “very hard” and said, “There is nothing you can do about it. You have nothing.” Hours later, the U.S. military command said the offensive targeted Iranian military capabilities linked to the Strait of Hormuz.
Soon after the bombardments, 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 wounded.
Following the overnight strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Tuesday morning that it had carried out additional missile and drone attacks on the Jufair naval base in Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and said it also struck an air base in Jordan used by U.S. forces.
After the breakdown of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran and the resumption of hostilities last week, President Trump said the strait would remain open “with or without Iran” and announced that the United States will 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.”
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The United Arab Emirates condemned “acts of piracy” in the Strait of Hormuz after attack on Emirati tankers
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) denounced the attacks on navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as “acts of piracy” and “blackmail” after strikes in recent hours caused significant material damage to two Emirati tankers and resulted in one death and eight injuries, four of them serious.
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that “attacking commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic pressure or blackmail constitutes an act of piracy and represents a direct threat to the stability of the region and its people, as well as to global energy security.”
It demanded that “Iran halt these aggressive attacks, fully commit to ceasing all hostilities, and reopen the strait completely and unconditionally in order to achieve regional security and stability for the global economy and trade.”
India summoned an Iranian diplomat after an attack in the Strait of Hormuz that left a seafarer 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 one Indian seafarer dead and ten others injured, a diplomat at the Iranian mission told the EFE news agency.
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs later said in a statement that it lodged a “strong protest” with the Iranian diplomat over the attacks on the vessels MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, which were transiting the strategic waterway.
“We strongly condemn these attacks and acts of violence directed at 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 ships together were carrying 30 Indian seafarers out of a total crew of 46.
Of the 12 Indian citizens aboard the MT Al Bahiyah, one was killed and another was wounded. The MT Mombasa carried 18 Indians, nine of whom were injured, two seriously, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
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 this attack was the same one earlier reported by the United Arab Emirates, which said two of its oil tankers were hit by Iranian missiles in the strait and that a crew member had been killed.
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Iran submitted a bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warns it will defend its “red lines”
Iran presented a bill to Parliament to manage the Strait of Hormuz and said it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Parliamentary National Security Committee, reported.
In a post 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 submitted to Iran’s Parliament.”
The lawmaker said, “We remain firm in defending our red lines, particularly regarding management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He added that “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 reports from the United Arab Emirates 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 says it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace coming from Iranian territory, the state news agency reported.
Iran said it launched attacks on 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.
The IRGC reported that the strikes caused a fire in the base’s fuel depots and hit and destroyed a Patriot radar, as well as 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 retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.
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