The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a third consecutive round of strikes against Iran in the early hours of Tuesday on orders from President Donald Trump, after he warned Iran 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 operation targeted Iranian military capabilities linked to the Strait of Hormuz.
Soon after the strikes, 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 wounded eight others.
Following the nighttime attacks, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Tuesday morning that it had launched 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 a 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 senior military leadership replied that Washington has no authority over the strait’s future, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X: “Tehran will always be the guardian of the strait.”
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Iranian Army says it will not yield “an inch” on the Strait of Hormuz
The Iranian Army said the Armed Forces will not give “an inch” on the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the reestablishment of a naval cordon around Iran and said the United States would act as the “guardian” of that shipping lane.
“The Armed Forces will not yield an inch on the Strait of Hormuz,” said Army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, according to the Tasnim news agency.
The military spokesman added that “the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened through war, aggression or attacks by the United States” and said that respect for the rights of the Iranian people is the only way to fully reopen one of the world’s most important energy trade routes.
The IRGC declared a renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday “until U.S. interference in the region ends” and warned that any attempt to reopen the waterway would receive a military response.
In recent days, Iran has attacked several ships near the strategic passage. The latest incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when two Emirati tankers were struck, leaving one person dead and eight wounded.
United Arab Emirates condemns “acts of piracy” in Hormuz after attack on Emirati tankers
The United Arab Emirates condemned the Iranian attacks on navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as “acts of piracy” and “blackmail” after an assault that caused significant material damage to two Emirati tankers and left one dead and eight wounded, four of them seriously.
The Emirati Foreign Ministry 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 regional stability and to the population, as well as to global energy security.”
The statement demanded that “Iran stop these aggressive attacks, fully commit to cease all hostilities and reopen the strait completely and unconditionally to achieve regional security and the stability of the global economy and trade.”
India summoned an Iranian diplomat after an attack in Hormuz that killed a seafarer
The Indian government 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 from the Iranian mission confirmed to EFE.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs later said it delivered a “strong protest” to 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, which obstruct free and safe navigation through international waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz,” the Indian ministry said.
According to New Delhi, the two ships together carried 30 Indian seafarers out of a total crew of 46.
Of the 12 Indian nationals aboard the MT Al Bahiyah, one was killed and another was injured. On the MT Mombasa there were 18 Indians; nine were wounded, two of them seriously, the Ministry reported.
A vessel was struck by a missile off Oman’s coast
A tanker was hit by a missile off Oman’s coast amid the crossfire between the United States and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency 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 not immediately clear whether this attack was the same one earlier reported by the United Arab Emirates, which said two Emirati-flagged tankers were struck 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 introduced a bill in Parliament to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warned it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chair of the Parliament’s National Security Committee, 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 regarding management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He added that this is the first step and that further measures will follow: “This is the first step; subsequent measures will come.”
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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 said it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory, the state news agency reported.
Iran says it attacked the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched missile and drone strikes against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
The IRGC claimed 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 traffic control radar, a C-RAM early warning radar system and the control and monitoring center for uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement said.
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