The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a third consecutive wave of strikes against Iran in the early hours of Tuesday on orders from 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 said the offensive targeted Iranian military capabilities linked to the Strait of Hormuz.
Shortly after the bombardments, the United Arab Emirates reported that Iranian cruise missiles struck two Emirati tankers sailing in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz, in Omani territorial waters. The attack left one crew member dead and eight people injured.
After the nighttime strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed new missile and drone attacks on 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.
Following the collapse 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 military high command 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 head of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned Iran’s “terrorist” attacks
Jasim Mohamed al Budaiui, secretary general of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), denounced Iran’s attacks on Emirati tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as “terrorist” acts, emphasizing that they constitute a “flagrant violation” and “serious breach” of international law and the rules governing freedom of navigation.
“He expressed his strongest condemnation and denunciation of the Iranian attack on the tankers ‘Mombasa’ and ‘Al Bahia,’ owned by the United Arab Emirates, which resulted in the death of a crew member and injuries to several others,” Al Budaiui said in a statement.
He stressed that the “terrorist attack” on the Emirati vessels “constitutes a flagrant violation and a serious infringement of the principles of international law and the norms on freedom of maritime navigation,” and that it contravenes United Nations Security Council resolutions.
“The GCC stands united with the United Arab Emirates and supports all measures it takes to protect its security, sovereignty, facilities and vital interests,” the regional bloc’s secretary general said, urging the international community to “assume its legal and moral responsibilities and take a firm and deterrent stance against these serious and repeated Iranian attacks.”
Three Bahrainis sentenced to life in prison for spying for Iran
Bahrain’s High Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced three Bahraini nationals to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of spying for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and collaborating with that “terrorist group” to carry out “hostile actions” against the small Gulf kingdom.
The Terrorism Crimes Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that the convictions stem from two separate cases, but the sentences were handed down in a session at the court in Manama today, part of a series of trials in recent weeks against dozens of Bahrainis accused of spying for or sympathizing with Iran.
According to the statement, the three defendants, one tried in absentia, were charged “with espionage for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its collaborators, with the aim of assisting them in hostile and terrorist acts against the Kingdom of Bahrain and harming its interests.” The court sentenced them to life imprisonment and ordered the confiscation of the seized items.
The prosecution said the accusations include “providing to an electronic account managed by the terrorist group Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps videos of Iranian missile attacks against Bahrain,” as well as “locations and coordinates of vital sites within the country to be targeted by the enemy.”
Iran reported U.S. strikes in a border area near Iraq and Kuwait
U.S. strikes struck Tuesday in an Iranian border area near Iraq and Kuwait, local authorities reported, amid intense exchanges between the two countries.
The city of Abadan, home to the oldest oil refinery in the Middle East, and the port city of Mahshahr were targeted, Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor of Khuzestan province, told the state news agency IRNA.
Iran said the U.S. struck the port city of Bushehr
Iranian authorities reported that U.S. strikes hit the port city of Bushehr on Tuesday, where the country’s only civilian nuclear power plant is located, as tensions between Tehran and Washington escalated.
“Four points in the city of Bushehr were struck by enemy projectiles at midday (08:30 GMT),” deputy provincial governor Ehsan Jahanian told the official IRNA news agency, attributing the attacks 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 United States has suspended the removal of its military tanker aircraft from Tel Aviv’s airport, prompting a complaint from the Israel Airports Authority over potential cancellation of commercial flights if the planes continue to occupy space at the country’s main airport.
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; those planes have been parked there since the war with Iran began on February 28.
After the announcement of an agreement between Iran and the United States 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 Transport Ministry, the United States froze the removal of the remaining planes (not specified), drawing a complaint from the Airports Authority.
In a letter published by the Israeli outlet, a senior official warned on Tuesday that the suspension has an “immediate and serious” operational impact.
There is concern that 50,000 commercial flight tickets could be affected, so the Airports Authority urged the Israeli Defense Ministry to find a solution that does not harm the public.
The Iranian Army said it will not yield “an inch” on the Strait of Hormuz
The Iranian Army said the Armed Forces will not yield “an inch” on the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the reestablishment of a naval blockade against Iran and said the United States would take on the role of “guardian” of the waterway.
“The Armed Forces will not give up an inch over the Strait of Hormuz,” Army spokesman Brigadier General Mohamad Akraminia told the Tasnim news agency.
The military spokesman said “the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened by 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 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared last Sunday a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz “until the end of U.S. interference in the region” and warned that any attempt to reopen the waterway would receive a military response.
In recent days, Iran has attacked several ships near that strategic passage. The latest such strike occurred in the early hours of this morning against two tankers from the United Arab Emirates, killing one person and injuring eight.
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India summoned an Iranian diplomat after an attack in the Strait of Hormuz 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 one Indian sailor dead and ten others injured, a diplomat at the Iranian mission confirmed to 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 and that impede 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 nationals aboard the MT Al Bahiyah, one died and another was injured. The MT Mombasa carried 18 Indians, of whom nine were injured, two seriously, the Foreign Ministry said.
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Iran presented a bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warned 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, chairman of the legislature’s National Security Committee, said.
In a message posted on the social network X, Azizi reported that “last night, coinciding with the shoot-down 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 in Iran’s Parliament.”
The lawmaker said, “We remain firm in defending our red lines, particularly regarding management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He also signaled further steps, adding: “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 hit by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the death of a sailor.
Jordan shot down four missiles launched 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 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.
It reported that the attacks caused a fire in the base’s fuel depots and struck and destroyed a Patriot radar, the fleet’s air 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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