The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out, in the early hours of Tuesday, a third consecutive wave of strikes against Iran ordered by President Donald Trump, after he warned the country would be hit “very hard” and said: “There is nothing they can do about it. They have nothing.” Hours later, the U.S. military command reported 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 navigating 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 in the morning new missile and drone attacks against the Juffair naval base in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and said it also hit an air base in Jordan used by U.S. forces.
After the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran failed and hostilities resumed last week, Trump said the strait will remain open “with or without Iran” and announced the United States will charge a 20% fee to ships transiting that waterway to cover security costs. In response, Iran’s senior military leadership said 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.”
Below is minute-by-minute coverage:
Iran reported U.S. attacks in a border area near Iraq and Kuwait
U.S. strikes hit a border area in Iran near Iraq and Kuwait on Tuesday, local authorities reported, amid intense clashes between the two countries.
The city of Abadan, site of the oldest oil refinery in the Middle East, and the port city of Mahshahr were targeted, Valiollah Hayati, vice-governor of Khuzestan province, told state news agency IRNA.
The Iranian regime said the U.S. attacked the port city of Bushehr
U.S. strikes struck the port city of Bushehr on Tuesday, where Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant is located, local authorities said amid the escalation of violence between Tehran and Washington.
“Four points of the city of Bushehr were hit by enemy projectiles at noon (08:30 GMT),” provincial deputy governor Ehsan Jahanian told the official news agency IRNA, attributing the strikes to the United States.
The U.S. halted the removal of military tanker aircraft from Tel Aviv airport
Amid the latest escalation with Iran, the U.S. has suspended the removal of its military tanker aircraft from Tel Aviv airport, prompting a complaint from the Israeli Airports Authority over possible cancellation of commercial flights that the continued presence of those planes would cause.
A month ago, Ben Gurion airport, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, warned it would be forced to cancel commercial flights if 15 U.S. aircraft were not removed from the runways; they had been stationed there since the war with Iran began on February 28.
After the announced agreement between Iran and the U.S. to end the conflict, several of the 72 aircraft at Ben Gurion were moved to military bases within Israel.
Now, according to Israeli Channel 12 and confirmed to EFE by the Ministry of Transport, the United States froze the removal of the remaining aircraft — which it did not specify — prompting the Airports Authority’s complaint.
In a letter published by the Israeli outlet, a senior official warned on Tuesday that the suspension has “immediate and serious” operational significance.
There is specific concern that 50,000 commercial airline tickets could be affected, so the Airports Authority urged the Defense Ministry to find a solution that does not harm citizens.
The Iranian Army said it will not yield “an inch” over the Strait of Hormuz
The Iranian Army said the Armed Forces will not yield “an inch” over the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the reestablishment of a naval cordon against Iran and said the United States would assume the role of “guardian” of that maritime passage.
“The Armed Forces will not yield an inch over the Strait of Hormuz,” Army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said, according to Tasnim.
The military spokesman stated that “the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened through war, aggression or U.S. attacks” and added that respect for the rights of the Iranian people is the only way to reopen one of the world’s most important energy trade routes.
The Revolutionary Guard declared on Sunday a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz “until the end of U.S. interference in the region” and warned any attempt to reopen the waterway would receive a military response.
In recent days, Iran has attacked several vessels near that strategic passage. The most recent such attack occurred early this morning against two tankers of the United Arab Emirates and caused one death and eight injuries.
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India summoned an Iranian diplomat over an attack in Hormuz that left a sailor dead
The Government of India summoned the deputy head of Iran’s 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 EFE.
India’s 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 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 carried 30 Indian seafarers out of a total crew of 46.
Of the 12 Indian citizens aboard the MT Al Bahiyah, one died and another was injured. The MT Mombasa carried 18 Indians, of whom nine were wounded, two seriously, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
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Iran introduced a bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warns it will defend its “red lines”
Iran presented a bill in Parliament to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warned it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the legislature’s National Security Commission, said.
In a message posted on the social network X, Azizi said, “Last night, coinciding with the shootdown 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 the Iranian Parliament.”
The lawmaker said, “We remain firm in defending our red lines, particularly regarding 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 announcement came after the United Arab Emirates reported that two Emirati-flagged tankers were hit by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, causing 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 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 strikes against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
It reported 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 control and monitoring center for uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.
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