The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a third consecutive wave of strikes against Iran in the early hours of Tuesday, ordered by President Donald Trump, after the president 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 command said 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 killed one crew member and injured eight others.
Following the overnight strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed Tuesday morning 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 airbase in Jordan used by U.S. forces.
After the breakdown of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. 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 using the waterway to cover security costs. In response, Iran’s senior military leadership asserted 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.”
Below is minute-by-minute coverage:
Netanyahu warned Iranian leaders that Israel will respond if attacked
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a strong military response to Iran if Tehran launches a new attack against Israel.
“I tell Iran’s leaders: do not expect calm if you attack us,” Netanyahu said at a conference. He added: “The days when someone attacked us and we did not respond with decisive force are over.”
Israel said it is prepared to withdraw from two areas in southern Lebanon
Israel said it expects talks in Rome with Beirut to help implement an agreement on two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon from which Israeli forces would withdraw.
The two countries, officially in a state of war for decades, are negotiating under U.S. auspices amid a regional escalation between Washington and Tehran.
On June 26 they reached a framework agreement aimed at ending the war between Israel and the pro‐Iranian militant group Hezbollah and paving the way for a broader peace.
Hezbollah rejects the agreement, which requires the group’s disarmament and would begin with Israel withdrawing from two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese presidency warned on Monday that it will demand that withdrawal as a condition for further negotiations. Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, said his country is “willing to move forward with implementing those two pilot zones.”
“I hope and want to believe that this round of talks in Rome will make that possible,” Saar told reporters in Jerusalem.
Oman reaffirmed its cooperation to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz after attacks on ships
Oman’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that Muscat maintains “transparent and neutral cooperation with all parties” to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, following the strike that caused significant damage to two Emirati tankers.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman reaffirms that Oman maintains transparent and neutral cooperation with all parties to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait, in full compliance with international law,” the ministry said in a brief statement.
It also confirmed its “firm commitment to its obligations as a State party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” and urged “all parties,” in an apparent reference to Iran, to “respect and abide by international law.”
The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman, which have held talks in recent months on managing the waterway. Tehran has sought to impose a transit fee while Muscat opposes that move.
A Norwegian tanker exploded off the coast of Oman
A Norwegian tanker was hit by an explosion caused by an unidentified device off the coast of Oman early Tuesday, with no casualties reported, the crisis management firm MTI Network said, citing the ship operator.
At about 00:40 local time, the Stolt Magnesium, sailing in the Arabian Sea off Oman, “was struck by the explosion of an external unidentified device,” MTI Network said in a statement citing Stolt Tankers.
The explosion triggered a fire in the engine room of the vessel but, according to the same source, the crew are “fortunately safe and accounted for.”
The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations agency indicated that a tanker reported being “struck by an unknown projectile in the engine room” about 40 nautical miles northeast of Qalhat, Oman.
U.S. sailors conduct flight operations aboard the USS George H.W. Bush
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) posted images on its X account showing U.S. sailors conducting flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.
“U.S. sailors conduct flight operations aboard the USS George H.W. Bush,” CENTCOM said in a short caption accompanying a video.
The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council denounced Iran’s “terrorist” attacks
Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi, secretary‐general of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), condemned Iran’s “terrorist” attacks on Emirati tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, saying they represent a “blatant violation” and “serious breach” of international law and maritime navigation rules.
“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 Budaiwi said in a statement.
He emphasized that the “terrorist attack” on the Emirati vessels “constitutes a flagrant violation and a serious breach of the principles of international law and the rules governing freedom of maritime navigation,” and contravenes United Nations Security Council resolutions.
“The GCC stands 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 added, urging the international community to “assume its legal and moral responsibilities and adopt a firm and deterrent stance against these serious and repeated Iranian attacks.”
Three Bahrainis sentenced to life imprisonment for spying for Iran
Bahrain’s Supreme Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced three Bahrainis to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and collaborating with that “terrorist group” to carry out “hostile actions” against the small Gulf kingdom.
The Terrorism Prosecution said in a statement that the cases were separate but that the sentences were issued during a session in Manama, part of a series of trials in recent weeks against dozens of Bahrainis accused of spying for or sympathizing with Iran.
The three convicted defendants, one tried in absentia, were charged “with espionage for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its collaborators, in order to assist it in hostile and terrorist acts against the Kingdom of Bahrain and harm its interests. The court sentenced them to life imprisonment and ordered the confiscation of seized items,” the statement said.
It detailed accusations that included “providing to an electronic account managed by the terrorist group Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps videos of Iranian missile attacks against Bahrain,” and supplying “locations and coordinates of vital sites inside the country so they could be attacked by the enemy.”
Iran reported U.S. strikes in a border area near Iraq and Kuwait
U.S. strikes hit an Iranian border region near Iraq and Kuwait on Tuesday, local authorities said, amid intense clashes between the two countries.
The cities of Abadan, home to the Middle East’s oldest oil refinery, and the port city of Mahshahr were targeted, Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor of Khuzestan province, told the state news agency IRNA.
The Iranian regime said the U.S. struck the port city of Bushehr
U.S. strikes hit the port city of Bushehr on Tuesday, where Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant is located, local authorities said, amid escalating violence between Tehran and Washington.
“Four locations in the city of Bushehr were struck by enemy projectiles at midday (08:30 GMT),” vice‐governor Ehsan Jahanian told the official IRNA news agency, attributing the attacks to the United States.
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The Iranian Army said it will not yield “an inch” over the Strait of Hormuz
The Iranian Army said its armed forces will not concede “an inch” on the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the reinstatement of a naval blockade against Iran and said the U.S. would act as “guardian” of the waterway.
“The Armed Forces will not yield an inch over the Strait of Hormuz,” Army spokesperson Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said, according to Tasnim news agency.
The military spokesman said “the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened through war, aggression or U.S. attacks” and added that respecting the rights of the Iranian people is the only way to reopen one of the world’s most important energy trade routes.
The IRGC declared a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday “until the end of U.S. interference in the region,” warning that any attempt to reopen the waterway would receive a military response.
In recent days, Iran has struck several vessels near the strategic passage. The latest attack occurred early Tuesday against two United Arab Emirates tankers, killing one person and wounding eight.
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India summoned an Iranian diplomat over an Ormuz attack that killed a sailor
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 from the Iranian mission confirmed to EFE.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs later said it lodged a “strong protest” with the Iranian diplomat over the attacks on the MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, which were transiting the strategic waterway.
“We strongly condemn these attacks and acts of violence directed against 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 vessels 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, nine of whom were wounded, two seriously, the foreign ministry said.
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Iran introduced 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 parliamentary National Security Committee, said.
Azizi posted on X that “last night, coinciding with the downing of U.S. drones, the bill ‘Strategic Action for the Security and Sustainable Development of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf’ was formally submitted to the Iranian Parliament.”
The lawmaker said, “We remain steadfast in defending our red lines, particularly regarding the management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He also indicated further steps: “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 said it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace after being launched from Iranian territory, the state news agency reported.
Iran said it launched strikes against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it carried out missile and drone attacks against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
It reported that the strikes caused a fire in fuel storage facilities at the base and destroyed a Patriot radar, the fleet’s air control radar, a C‐RAM early warning radar system and the control center for unmanned surface vessels (USV).
“The retaliatory operation continues,” the IRGC statement added.
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