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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a third consecutive wave of strikes against Iran in the early hours of Tuesday at the order of President Donald Trump, after the president warned Iran would be struck “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.

Soon after the bombings, the United Arab Emirates reported that Iranian cruise missiles struck two Emirati oil tankers traveling in the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz, in Omani territorial waters. The attack left one crew member dead and eight people injured.

Following the nocturnal strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed early Tuesday that it launched additional missile and drone strikes against the Juffair naval base in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and asserted it also struck an air base in Jordan used by U.S. forces.

After the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran collapsed and hostilities resumed last week, Trump said the strait would remain open “with or without Iran” and announced that the United States would impose a 20% fee on ships transiting the waterway to cover security costs. Iran’s senior military leadership responded that Washington has no authority over the strait, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X: “Tehran will always be the guardian of the strait.”

Below is minute-by-minute coverage:

Israel will show “goodwill” in Rome to strengthen peace deal with Lebanon

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Israel will demonstrate “goodwill” during talks in Rome between today and Wednesday with representatives from Lebanon and the United States, aiming to “strengthen” the framework agreement reached on June 26 in Washington to end the conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group.

Saar told reporters in Tel Aviv that Israel is “ready to move forward” with implementing the two “pilot zones” established in the agreement, from which Israeli forces are expected to withdraw an area in southern Lebanon currently occupied by Israeli troops.

“I hope and believe this round of talks in Rome will advance that. We have full willingness to strengthen what was agreed in Washington on June 26,” he added.

Saar described the agreement as “historic” and “the only way forward.” “We will show our goodwill in Rome,” he concluded.

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UN envoy to Yemen seeks de-escalation in Oman after Sanaa attack

UN special envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg held a series of meetings in Muscat on Tuesday with senior Omani officials and the chief negotiator of the Houthi rebels to press for an “immediate de-escalation” following an attack by the internationally recognized Yemeni government on Sanaa’s airport.

The talks focused on the need to agree a roadmap to preserve the relative calm established by the 2022 truce, which is now threatened by recent clashes between the recognized government and the Houthi insurgents, the envoy’s office said in a statement.

During the meetings in Oman’s capital, Grundberg urged both sides to resume negotiations under UN auspices to address “both short- and long-term priorities” for Yemen.

He stressed that talks should be reactivated simultaneously across the three tracks of the mediation process — political, military and economic — to prevent the country from sliding back into open war.

Grundberg’s urgent visit to Muscat follows an incident in which Yemeni government forces struck the runway at Sanaa International Airport — controlled by the Houthi rebels — to prevent a Mahan Air aircraft from landing. The plane was returning a Houthi delegation from Tehran, where they had attended the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Pakistan defends Saudi sovereignty after Houthi attacks

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif defended Saudi Arabia’s sovereignty following recent Houthi attacks on the kingdom, reaffirming Islamabad’s support for its partner while Pakistan acts as a key mediator between the United States and Iran.

“These reprehensible actions constitute a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and have the potential to further undermine regional peace and stability,” Sharif said in a post on X.

The Pakistani leader condemned the “brazen attacks” on Saudi Arabia late Monday and reiterated Pakistan’s “steadfast support” for the kingdom’s security.

Islamabad’s statement came after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they targeted Abha International Airport in southwest Saudi Arabia with drones and ballistic missiles. The Houthis framed the attack as retaliation for the earlier strike on Sanaa’s airport, where the runway was damaged to prevent a civilian Iranian plane from landing.

West Texas crude rises 3.24% to $80

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 3.24% on Tuesday to $80.67 per barrel after the United States launched further strikes against Iran and resumed a naval blockade against the country.

At 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT), the August WTI futures contract, the U.S. benchmark, was up $2.53 from Monday’s close.

Iranian authorities reported another wave of attacks attributed to the United States on southern cities, including Bandar Abbas, Bushehr and Abadan, following the early-morning U.S. strikes and amid an escalation in hostilities. Reports also said U.S. projectiles struck Abadan in the southwest.

Iran asserted it attacked two Emirati vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, causing one death and eight injuries among crew members.

Tehran also said it responded to U.S. strikes by launching missiles and drones at U.S. targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan during a third consecutive night of cross-strikes between Washington and Tehran.

The confrontation intensified after Trump declared the June 17 framework ceasefire with Iran void last week, citing continued Iranian attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

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Netanyahu warns Iranian leaders Israel will respond if attacked

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a strong response to Iran if Tehran launches an attack on Israel.

“To Iran’s leaders I say: do not expect the situation to remain calm if you attack us,” Netanyahu said at a conference. “The days when someone attacked us and we did not respond decisively are over.”

Israel says it is willing to withdraw from two zones 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 should withdraw.

The two countries — technically at war for decades — are negotiating under U.S. auspices amid a wider regional escalation between Washington and Tehran.

On June 26 they reached a framework agreement aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah and opening a path to peace.

Hezbollah rejects the agreement because it requires the group’s disarmament and calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the two pilot zones as a first step.

The Lebanese presidency warned 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 happen,” Saar told journalists in Jerusalem.

Oman reaffirms cooperation to restore navigation in 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 strikes that heavily damaged two Emirati tankers.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman reaffirms that Oman maintains its 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 Oman’s “firm commitment to its obligations as a State party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” and called on “all parties,” in an apparent reference to Iran, to “respect and adhere to international law.”

The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman; the two countries have held talks in recent months about managing the waterway, which Tehran has proposed to levy a transit fee on — a plan opposed by Muscat.

Norwegian tanker exploded off Oman’s coast

A Norwegian tanker was struck by an explosion from an unidentified device off the coast of Oman early Tuesday, with no reported casualties, MTI Network — a crisis management firm — said, citing the shipowner.

Around 00:40 local time, the Stolt Magnesium, sailing in the Arabian Sea off Oman, “was hit by the explosion of an external unidentified device,” MTI Network said in a statement quoting Stolt Tankers.

The blast sparked a fire in the engine room, but the shipowner reported the crew is “fortunately safe and all accounted for.”

UK Maritime Trade Operations said 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 USS George H.W. Bush

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 USS George H.W. Bush,” CENTCOM said in a short caption accompanying a video.

Gulf Cooperation Council chief condemns Iranian “terrorist” attacks

Jassim Mohammed Al Budaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), condemned what he called “terrorist” Iranian attacks on Emirati tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, saying they represent a “blatant violation” and “serious breach” of international law and navigation rules.

“He expressed his strongest condemnation of the Iranian attack on the Mombasa and Al Bahia, owned by the UAE, which caused the death of a crew member and injuries to others,” Al Budaiwi said in a statement.

He said the “terrorist attack” constituted a serious violation of international law and of the principles governing freedom of navigation at sea, and contravened UN Security Council resolutions.

“The GCC stands with the United Arab Emirates and supports any measures it takes to protect its security, sovereignty, facilities and vital interests,” the statement said, calling on the international community to “assume its legal and moral responsibilities and adopt a firm and deterrent stance against these repeated Iranian attacks.”

Three Bahrainis sentenced to life for spying for Iran

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court sentenced three Bahrainis to life imprisonment on Tuesday after finding them guilty of spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and collaborating with that “terrorist group” to carry out “hostile actions” against the kingdom.

The Terrorism Crimes Prosecution said the sentences were handed down in two separate cases in a session held in Manama, one of several recent trials of dozens of Bahrainis accused of spying for or sympathizing with Iran.

The three convicted individuals, one tried in absentia, were accused of “spying for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its collaborators to help it in its 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 prosecution said.

Charges included supplying an electronic account run by the Revolutionary Guard with videos of missile attacks against Bahrain and providing locations and coordinates of vital sites inside the country so they could be targeted, the statement said.

Iran reports U.S. strikes in border area near Iraq and Kuwait

Local authorities reported U.S. strikes Tuesday in an Iranian border area near Iraq and Kuwait amid intense fighting between the two countries.

Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor of Khuzestan province, told state news agency IRNA that the city of Abadan — home to the Middle East’s oldest oil refinery — and the port city of Mahshahr were targeted.

Iran says the port city of Bushehr was struck by U.S. attacks

Local authorities said U.S. strikes hit the port city of Bushehr, which hosts Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant, amid escalating violence between Tehran and Washington.

“Four locations in the city of Bushehr were struck by enemy projectiles at midday (08:30 GMT),” Deputy Governor Ehsan Jahanian told state news agency IRNA, attributing the strikes to the United States.

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Iranian military says it will not yield “one iota” over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s army said its armed forces will not yield “one iota” regarding the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade against Iran and said the U.S. would act as the “guardian” of the waterway.

“The Armed Forces will not yield one iota over the Strait of Hormuz,” army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia told Tasnim news agency.

The 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 “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 struck several vessels near the strategic passage. The latest such attack occurred in the early hours of Tuesday against two Emirati tankers, leaving one dead and eight wounded.

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India summons Iranian diplomat after tanker attack killed an Indian sailor

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 killed an Indian sailor and injured ten others, a diplomat at the Iranian mission confirmed to EFE.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs later said it lodged a “strong protest” with the Iranian diplomat over 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 at seafarers and which obstruct free and safe navigation through international waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz,” the ministry said.

India said the two vessels carried a total of 30 Indian seafarers among 46 crew members.

Of the 12 Indians aboard the MT Al Bahiyah, one died and another was injured. On the MT Mombasa there were 18 Indians, nine of whom were wounded, two seriously, the foreign ministry said.

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Iran submits bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and vows to 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, head of Parliament’s 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 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 the management of the Strait of Hormuz,” and added that “this is the first step; further measures will follow.”

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U.S. diplomatic missions in the UAE 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 notice followed the UAE report that two Emirati-flagged tankers were struck by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the death of a seafarer.

Jordan shoots down four missiles launched from Iran

Jordan said it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace after being launched from Iranian territory, state news agency reports said.

Iran says it struck the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

The 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 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 (USVs).

“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.

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President of the United States Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will remove the 20% fee for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

“After very productive talks with Middle East leaders, I have decided to replace the United States’ 20% reimbursement fee with trade and investment agreements that the various Gulf states will sign with the United States. Those investments will be ENORMOUS, but at the same time extraordinarily beneficial for them and their future,” the president wrote on his Truth Social account.

“Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the impressive military might of the United States. A special salute to the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Dan Caine, and the Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper. Thanks to them, and to all members of the most powerful military in the world, the Strait of Hormuz is open to all maritime traffic except Iran, because of its lying, violent and malicious leadership that is leading them toward total destruction. Therefore, we will impose a total blockade, but only on vessels that enter or leave Iranian ports or that carry anything related to Iranian cargo,” he said.

He added: “As everyone knows, we have the largest dollar-based investment in U.S. history, but these new investments will make that number even greater, and we will see factories, plants and equipment arrive in the United States at historic levels, creating millions of well-paid American jobs.”

“The United States is WINNING again, winning like never before. The days when Iran killed hundreds of thousands of people, including 52,000 protesters, are OVER and, most importantly, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” he concluded.

The president’s comments came after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a third consecutive wave of strikes against Iran in the early hours of Tuesday. The strikes followed the president’s warning that Iran would be struck “very hard” and his assertion that “there is nothing they can do about it. They have nothing.” CENTCOM later said the operation targeted Iranian military capabilities connected to the Strait of Hormuz.

Soon after the bombings, the United Arab Emirates reported that Iranian cruise missiles struck two Emirati oil tankers sailing in 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 strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed new missile and drone attacks on the Jufair naval base in Bahrain, which hosts 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, Trump said the strait would remain open “with or without Iran.” In response, Iran’s senior military leadership asserted that Washington has no authority over the strait’s future, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X: “Tehran will always be the guardian of the Strait.”

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El Comando Central de Estados Unidos (CENTCOM) llevó a cabo en la madrugada de este martes una tercera tanda consecutiva de ataques contra posiciones iraníes por orden del presidente Donald Trump, que había advertido de un golpe “muy fuerte”. El mando estadounidense informó que los ataques se dirigieron a capacidades militares iraníes vinculadas al estrecho de Ormuz.

Poco después, los Emiratos Árabes Unidos comunicaron que misiles de crucero iraníes alcanzaron a dos petroleros emiratíes que navegaban por el carril sur del estrecho, en aguas territoriales de Omán; el ataque causó la muerte de un miembro de la tripulación y dejó a ocho personas heridas.

En la mañana, la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (IRGC) reivindicó nuevos lanzamientos de misiles y drones contra la base naval de Juffair, en Baréin —sede de la Quinta Flota de EEUU— y aseguró haber alcanzado también una base aérea utilizada por fuerzas estadounidenses en Jordania.

Tras fracasar el memorando de entendimiento entre Washington y Teherán y reanudarse las hostilidades, el presidente Trump afirmó que el estrecho de Ormuz permanecerá abierto “con o sin Irán” y anunció que Estados Unidos aplicará una tasa del 20% a los buques que transiten por esa vía para costear seguridad. Las autoridades iraníes rechazaron la pretensión estadounidense de controlar el paso; el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Irán afirmó en X que “Teherán será siempre el guardián del estrecho”.

A continuación, la cobertura minuto a minuto:

El petróleo de Texas sube un 3,24% y alcanza los 80 dólares

El crudo WTI subió un 3,24% este martes hasta 80,67 dólares por barril tras la reanudación de ataques entre Estados Unidos e Irán y el reinicio del bloqueo naval en la región.

A las 09:00 hora local (13:00 GMT), los futuros de agosto del WTI cotizaban 2,53 dólares al alza respecto al cierre del lunes.

Autoridades iraníes reportaron una nueva oleada de bombardeos atribuidos a Estados Unidos contra ciudades del sur de Irán —incluidas Bandar Abás, Bushehr y Abadán— y la presencia de impactos en Abadán. En paralelo, Irán atacó dos buques emiratíes en el estrecho de Ormuz, con víctimas y heridos.

La República Islámica también reivindicó lanzamientos de misiles y drones contra objetivos estadounidenses en Baréin, Kuwait y Jordania, en lo que representa la tercera noche seguida de ataques recíprocos entre Washington y Teherán.

El conflicto escaló tras la ruptura del acuerdo marco de alto el fuego del 17 de junio y la continuidad de incidentes contra embarcaciones en Ormuz.

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Netanyahu le advirtió a los líderes iraníes que Israel responderá si es atacado

El primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, advirtió a los dirigentes iraníes que Israel responderá con fuerza ante cualquier ataque. Afirmó que ya no tolerará agresiones sin una respuesta decisiva.

Israel dijo estar dispuesto a retirarse de dos zonas en el sur de Líbano

Israel indicó que espera que las conversaciones en Roma con Líbano faciliten la implementación de un acuerdo para retirar tropas de dos “zonas piloto” en el sur libanés. Las negociaciones, auspiciadas por Estados Unidos, buscan avanzar hacia el cese del conflicto con Hezbollah, que rechaza el acuerdo que exige el desarme del grupo.

La presidencia libanesa condicionó posteriores negociaciones a la retirada israelí de esas zonas. El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Israel dijo que el país está dispuesto a avanzar en su implementación.

Omán reafirmó su cooperación para restablecer la navegación en Ormuz tras los ataques contra buques

El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Omán declaró que Mantiene una cooperación “transparente y neutral” con todas las partes para restaurar la libertad de navegación en el estrecho de Ormuz, en conformidad con el derecho internacional, y reiteró su compromiso con la Convención de la ONU sobre el Derecho del Mar.

Omán instó a todas las partes a respetar y acatar el derecho internacional. El estrecho, situado entre Irán y Omán, ha sido objeto de conversaciones recientes sobre su gestión y de propuestas de Teherán para imponer una tasa de tránsito, idea que Mascate rechaza.

Un petrolero noruego explotó frente a las costas de Omán

El petrolero noruego Stolt Magnesium sufrió la madrugada de este martes una explosión causada por un artefacto no identificado frente a las costas de Omán. La compañía y la firma de gestión de crisis MTI Network informaron que no hubo víctimas y que la tripulación está a salvo.

El estallido provocó un incendio en la sala de máquinas; el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 00:40 hora local, a unas 40 millas náuticas al noreste de Qalhat, según UK Maritime Trade Operations.

Marineros estadounidenses realizan operaciones de vuelo a bordo del USS George H.W. Bush

El CENTCOM publicó en X imágenes y un video que muestran a marineros estadounidenses efectuando operaciones de vuelo a bordo del portaaviones USS George H.W. Bush.

El jefe del Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo denunció los ataques “terroristas” de Irán

El secretario general del Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo (CCG), Jasim Mohamed al Budaiui, condenó enérgicamente los ataques iraníes contra los petroleros Mombasa y Al Bahia, los calificó de “actos de piratería” y pidió a la comunidad internacional adoptar una postura firme y disuasoria.

Al Budaiui subrayó que los ataques constituyen una violación del Derecho Internacional y de la libertad de navegación, expresó solidaridad con los Emiratos Árabes Unidos y respaldó las medidas que el país adopte para proteger su seguridad y soberanía.

Condenaron a cadena perpetua a tres bareiníes por espiar para Irán

El Tribunal Penal Supremo de Baréin impuso penas de cadena perpetua a tres ciudadanos bareiníes por espionaje a favor de la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán y por ayudar en acciones hostiles contra el reino, según la Fiscalía de Delitos de Terrorismo.

Las autoridades señalaron que los condenados suministraron material e información, incluidos videos de ataques y coordenadas de lugares sensibles, y ordenaron la confiscación de los objetos incautados. Uno de los acusados fue juzgado en rebeldía.

Irán informó de ataques estadounidenses en una zona fronteriza cerca de Irak y Kuwait

Autoridades iraníes informaron que ataques estadounidenses impactaron en una zona fronteriza cercana a Irak y Kuwait, afectando localidades del suroeste como Abadán y Mahshahr, en medio de combates intensos entre ambos países.

El régimen iraní afirmó que EEUU atacó la ciudad portuaria de Bushehr

Las autoridades provinciales iraníes denunciaron que proyectiles estadounidenses alcanzaron cuatro puntos de la ciudad portuaria de Bushehr, donde se ubica la central nuclear civil de la provincia, y atribuyeron los impactos a fuerzas estadounidenses.

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El Ejército iraní afirmó que no cederá “ni un ápice” sobre el estrecho de Ormuz

El Ejército iraní declaró que no cederá “ni un ápice” respecto al control del estrecho de Ormuz, tras el anuncio del presidente Trump sobre el restablecimiento del cerco naval. Un portavoz militar afirmó que la vía no se reabrirá mediante guerra o agresión y que solo el respeto a los derechos del pueblo iraní permitirá restituir la navegación.

La Guardia Revolucionaria había anunciado un nuevo cierre del estrecho “hasta el fin de la interferencia de Estados Unidos en la región” y advirtió que cualquier intento de reabrirlo será respondido militarmente. En los últimos días Irán atacó varios buques cercanos al paso; el ataque a dos petroleros emiratíes causó un muerto y ocho heridos.

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La India convocó a un diplomático iraní por un ataque en Ormuz con un marinero muerto

El Gobierno de la India convocó al subjefe de la Embajada de Irán en Nueva Delhi tras el ataque contra dos petroleros en Ormuz que dejó un marinero indio muerto y varios heridos. La Cancillería india presentó una “enérgica protesta” y condenó los ataques contra marineros y la navegación segura.

Según Nueva Delhi, los dos buques transportaban en conjunto 30 marineros indios. En el MT Al Bahiyah viajaban 12 indios —uno fallecido y otro herido— y en el MT Mombasa había 18 indios, con nueve heridos, dos de ellos de gravedad.

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Irán presentó un proyecto de ley para gestionar el estrecho de Ormuz y advierte que defenderá sus “líneas rojas”

Irán presentó en el Parlamento un proyecto de ley titulado “Acción Estratégica para la Seguridad y el Progreso Sostenible del Estrecho de Ormuz y el Golfo Pérsico”, según el presidente de la Comisión de Seguridad Nacional del Legislativo. El texto, presentado tras el derribo de drones estadounidenses, busca formalizar la gestión del estrecho y reforzar las “líneas rojas” iraníes; las autoridades anticiparon nuevas medidas legislativas.

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Las misiones diplomáticas estadounidenses en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos cancelan citas

La embajada de Estados Unidos en Abu Dabi y el consulado general en Dubái suspendieron las citas consulares hasta el miércoles por motivos de seguridad regional, tras el ataque a dos petroleros emiratíes en el estrecho de Ormuz que provocó la muerte de un marinero.

Jordania derribó cuatro misiles procedentes de Irán

Jordania informó que interceptó y derribó cuatro misiles que ingresaron en su espacio aéreo procedentes de territorio iraní, según su agencia estatal de noticias.

Irán afirmó haber lanzado ataques contra la Quinta Flota de EEUU en Baréin

La Guardia Revolucionaria (IRGC) aseguró haber lanzado misiles y drones contra la base de la Quinta Flota en Baréin, provocando un incendio en depósitos de combustible y destruyendo equipos de defensa, incluidos sistemas de radar y puntos de control de embarcaciones no tripuladas. El comunicado indicó que la operación de represalia continúa.

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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. The president had warned that Iran would be hit “very hard” and stated: “There is nothing they can do about it. They have nothing.” Hours later, the U.S. military command 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 left one crew member dead and eight people injured.

Following the nighttime strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Tuesday morning further missile and drone attacks on the Juffair naval base in Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is stationed, and said it also struck 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 would remain open “with or without Iran” and announced that the U.S. would charge a 20% fee to ships transiting the route to cover security costs. Iran’s senior military leadership responded 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:

Texas crude rises 3.24% to $80

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 3.24% on Tuesday to $80.67 per barrel after the United States struck Iran again and effectively resumed a naval blockade of the country.

At 09:00 local time (13:00 GMT), WTI futures for August, the U.S. benchmark contracts, were up $2.53 from Monday’s close.

Iranian authorities reported a new wave of strikes attributed to the United States against several southern cities, including Bandar Abbas, Bushehr and Abadan, hours after the early-morning U.S. strikes amid an escalation in hostilities. Projectile impacts were also reported in Abadan in the country’s southwest.

Iran, for its part, struck two Emirati vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, causing one crew death and eight injuries.

The Islamic Republic also responded to the U.S. bombings by launching missiles and drones at U.S. targets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in a third consecutive night of cross‐strikes between Washington and Tehran.

The conflict intensified last week after Trump declared the ceasefire framework with Iran, signed on June 17, over due to continued Iranian attacks on vessels in the Hormuz corridor.

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Netanyahu warned Iranian leaders that Israel will respond if attacked

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a forceful response against Iran if Tehran launches another attack on Israel.

“I tell the Iranian leaders: do not expect the situation to remain calm if you attack us,” Netanyahu said at a conference. He added: “The days when someone attacked us and we did not respond decisively are over.”

Israel says it is willing to withdraw from two areas in southern Lebanon

Israel said it hopes talks in Rome with Beirut will help implement an agreement on two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon from which Israeli forces would withdraw.

The two countries, formally at 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 with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and paving the way for peace.

Hezbollah rejects the deal because it requires the group’s disarmament; implementation would start with an Israeli withdrawal from the two pilot zones in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese presidency warned on Monday that it will demand that withdrawal as a condition for further negotiations. Israeli 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 facilitate that,” Saar told reporters in Jerusalem.

Oman reaffirmed its cooperation to restore navigation in Hormuz after attacks on vessels

Oman’s Foreign Ministry reiterated that Muscat maintains “transparent and neutral cooperation with all parties” to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz after a strike that caused significant damage to two Emirati tankers.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman reaffirms that Oman maintains its 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 signatory state to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” and urged “all parties,” in a veiled reference to Iran, to “respect and adhere to international law.”

The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman, countries that have held talks in recent months on managing the shipping lane. Tehran wants to impose a transit fee while Muscat opposes that move.

Norwegian tanker exploded off Omani coast

A Norwegian tanker was hit by an explosion caused by an unidentified device off the coast of Oman in the early hours of Tuesday; there were no casualties, the crisis management firm MTI Network reported, citing the shipping company.

Around 00:40 local time, the Stolt Magnesium, sailing in the Arabian Sea off Oman, “was struck by the explosion of an unidentified external device,” MTI Network said in a statement, quoting shipping company Stolt Tankers.

The blast started a fire in the ship’s engine room but, according to the same source, the crew is “fortunately safe and accounted for.”

British agency UK Maritime Trade Operations reported that a tanker indicated it had been “hit by an unknown projectile in the engine room” about 40 nautical miles northeast of Qalhat, Oman.

U.S. sailors conduct flight operations aboard USS George H.W. Bush

U.S. 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 USS George H.W. Bush,” CENTCOM wrote in a brief caption accompanying a video.

Gulf Cooperation Council chief denounced Iran’s “terrorist” attacks

Jasim 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, calling them a “blatant violation” and a “serious breach” of international law and maritime navigation norms.

“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 blatant violation and a serious breach of the principles of international law and the rules on freedom of maritime navigation,” and also contravenes UN Security Council resolutions.

“The GCC stands united with the United Arab Emirates and supports all measures it takes to protect its security, sovereignty, installations 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 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 what the court called that “terrorist group” in hostile actions against the small Gulf kingdom.

The Terrorism Crimes Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that the cases were separate, but the sentences were handed down in a single session in Manama. The rulings are the latest in a series of trials in recent weeks of dozens of Bahrainis accused of spying for or sympathizing with Iran.

The three convicted individuals, one tried in absentia, were charged “with espionage for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its collaborators, with the aim of aiding its 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 seized items,” the statement said.

It detailed that accusations included “providing videos of Iranian missile attacks against Bahrain to an electronic account managed by the terrorist group Islamic Revolutionary Guard,” as well as “locations and coordinates of vital sites within the country for potential enemy attacks.”

Iran reported U.S. strikes 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 fighting between the two countries.

The cities of Abadan, home to 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.

Iran 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 the escalation between Tehran and Washington.

“Four points in the city of Bushehr were hit by enemy projectiles at midday (08:30 GMT),” said Ehsan Jahanian, the provincial vice governor, to state news agency IRNA, attributing the strikes to the United States.

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Iranian military says it will not yield “an iota” over the Strait of Hormuz

The Iranian military said its armed forces will not yield “an iota” over the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the reinstatement of a naval cordon against Iran and said the United States would act as the “guardian” of the strait.

“The armed forces will not yield an iota over the Strait of Hormuz,” said Army spokesperson Brigadier General Mohamad Akraminia, according to Tasnim news agency.

The military spokesman added that “the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened by war, aggression or U.S. attacks” and 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 declared a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday “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 vessels near the strategic passage. The most recent was an early‐morning strike on two United Arab Emirates tankers that left one dead and eight wounded.

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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 told news agency 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 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 vessels carried a total of 30 Indian seafarers out of 46 crew members.

Of the 12 Indian nationals aboard the MT Al Bahiyah, one was killed and another injured. The MT Mombasa carried another 18 Indians, nine of whom were injured, two seriously, the Foreign Ministry said.

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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 warned it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chair of the parliamentary National Security Committee, said.

In a message 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 also added: “This is the first step; further measures will follow.”

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U.S. diplomatic missions in the UAE 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 notice came after the United Arab Emirates reported that two Emirati-flagged tankers were struck by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, causing the death of a seafarer.

Jordan shot down four missiles from Iran

Jordan said it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace originating from Iranian territory, state media reported.

Iran said it struck the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched missile and drone attacks on the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

According to the IRGC, the strikes caused a fire in fuel storage tanks at the base and struck and destroyed a Patriot radar, an air control radar for the fleet, a C-RAM early-warning radar system, and the control and monitoring center for surface unmanned vessels (USV).

“The retaliation operation continues,” the statement added.

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El Mando Central de Estados Unidos (CENTCOM) informó que en la madrugada de este martes ejecutó una tercera serie consecutiva de ataques contra objetivos iraníes por órdenes del presidente Donald Trump. La acción se produjo después de las advertencias públicas del mandatario sobre una respuesta contundente hacia Irán. Las fuerzas estadounidenses indicaron que los bombardeos se dirigieron a capacidades militares relacionadas con el estrecho de Ormuz.

Pocas horas después, las autoridades de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos señalaron que misiles de crucero iraníes alcanzaron dos petroleros emiratíes que transitaban por el carril sur del estrecho de Ormuz, en aguas territoriales de Omán. El ataque causó la muerte de un miembro de la tripulación y dejó a otras ocho personas heridas.

En la mañana del martes, la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (IRGC) reivindicó nuevos ataques con misiles y vehículos aéreos no tripulados contra la base naval de Jufair, en Baréin, donde está ubicada la Quinta Flota de Estados Unidos, y afirmó además haber atacado una base aérea en Jordania utilizada por fuerzas estadounidenses.

Tras el fracaso de un memorando de entendimiento entre Washington y Teherán y la reanudación de enfrentamientos la semana anterior, el presidente Trump declaró que el estrecho de Ormuz seguirá operativo “con o sin Irán” y anunció la intención de imponer una tasa del 20% a los buques que lo transiten para cubrir costos de seguridad. En respuesta, altos mandos iraníes rechazaron la autoridad estadounidense sobre el paso, y el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Abbas Araqchi, afirmó en la red social X que Teherán será “siempre el guardián del estrecho”.

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Netanyahu advirtió a los líderes iraníes sobre una respuesta israelí en caso de ataque

El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, dijo que su país responderá con fuerza si Irán perpetra un nuevo ataque contra territorio israelí. En una conferencia afirmó que no permitirá agresiones sin una respuesta contundente y aseguró que esas situaciones ya no quedarán sin represalia decisiva.

Israel dispuesto a retirarse de dos áreas en el sur del Líbano como parte de negociaciones

Israel declaró que espera que las conversaciones con Líbano en Roma faciliten la implementación de un acuerdo sobre dos “zonas piloto” en el sur del Líbano, desde las cuales las tropas israelíes deberían retirarse. Ambos países, técnicamente en estado de guerra, negocian con mediación estadounidense en un contexto de creciente tensión regional entre Washington y Teherán.

El 26 de junio se alcanzó un acuerdo marco con el objetivo de terminar el conflicto entre Israel y el grupo proiraní Hezbollah y avanzar hacia una solución pacífica. No obstante, Hezbollah rechaza ese acuerdo, que incluye su desarme y el inicio de la implementación mediante la retirada israelí de las dos zonas piloto.

La presidencia libanesa ha advertido que exigirá la retirada como condición para continuar negociaciones posteriores. El ministro de Exteriores israelí, Gideon Saar, afirmó que Israel está dispuesto a avanzar en la aplicación de las zonas piloto y expresó su esperanza de que la ronda de conversaciones en Roma contribuya a ese objetivo.

Omán reafirma cooperación neutral para restaurar la navegación en Ormuz tras ataques a buques

El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Omán reiteró su disposición a cooperar de manera “transparente y neutral con todas las partes” para restablecer la libertad de navegación en el estrecho de Ormuz, tras los daños sufridos por dos petroleros emiratíes. El comunicado subrayó el compromiso de Omán con la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar y exhortó a todas las partes a respetar el derecho internacional.

El estrecho de Ormuz, situado entre Irán y Omán, ha sido objeto de conversaciones recientes sobre su gestión: Teherán propuso imponer una tasa de tránsito, iniciativa a la que Mascate se ha opuesto.

Explosión en un petrolero noruego frente a la costa de Omán

Un petrolero noruego sufrió una explosión causada por un artefacto no identificado frente a las costas de Omán durante la madrugada del martes, informó la empresa especializada en gestión de crisis MTI Network, citando a la naviera Stolt Tankers. No se registraron víctimas.

El incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 00:40 hora local cuando el Stolt Magnesium fue golpeado por la detonación de un objeto externo, según el comunicado. El siniestro provocó un incendio en la sala de máquinas, pero la tripulación, según la compañía, se encuentra a salvo y completa.

La oficina británica UK Maritime Trade Operations indicó que un petrolero reportó haber sido alcanzado por un proyectil desconocido en la sala de máquinas a unas 40 millas náuticas al noreste de Qalhat, Omán.

Marineros estadounidenses realizan operaciones aéreas a bordo del USS George H.W. Bush

CENTCOM publicó en su cuenta de X imágenes y un video que muestran a marineros estadounidenses realizando operaciones de vuelo a bordo del portaaviones USS George H.W. Bush, señalando la actividad operativa de la flota en la región.

El secretario general del CCG condena ataques contra petroleros y los califica de “terroristas”

Jasim Mohamed al Budaiui, secretario general del Consejo de Cooperación para los Estados Árabes del Golfo (CCG), expresó su condena por los ataques contra los petroleros emiratíes, calificándolos de “ataques terroristas” y una grave violación del derecho internacional y de la libertad de navegación.

Al Budaiui subrayó la muerte de un tripulante y las heridas a varios otros y anunció el respaldo del CCG a los Emiratos Árabes Unidos en todas las medidas tomadas para proteger su seguridad y soberanía. Además, hizo un llamado a la comunidad internacional para que adopte una postura firme frente a estos ataques reiterados.

Condenas a cadena perpetua en Baréin por espionaje para Irán

El Tribunal Penal Supremo de Baréin sentenció a tres ciudadanos bareiníes a cadena perpetua tras encontrarlos culpables de espiar para la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán y colaborar en acciones hostiles contra el reino, informó la Fiscalía de Delitos de Terrorismo.

Las condenas corresponden a dos casos distintos juzgados en una misma sesión en Manama. Uno de los acusados fue juzgado en rebeldía. Según la fiscalía, entre las pruebas figura el envío de videos de ataques con misiles y coordenadas de objetivos dentro de Baréin a una cuenta vinculada a la Guardia Revolucionaria. El tribunal ordenó además la confiscación de los objetos incautados.

Autoridades iraníes reportan ataques estadounidenses en zona fronteriza con Irak y Kuwait

Autoridades locales iraníes informaron que ataques estadounidenses impactaron en una zona fronteriza cercana a Irak y Kuwait, en el marco de la escalada bélica entre ambos países. Las localidades de Abadán, donde se ubica una de las refinerías más antiguas de la región, y el puerto de Mahshahr fueron mencionadas como puntos afectados.

Irán atribuye a EEUU ataques contra la ciudad portuaria de Bushehr

Funcionarios iraníes declararon que la ciudad portuaria de Bushehr, sede de la única central nuclear civil del país, fue alcanzada por proyectiles atribuidos a Estados Unidos. El vicegobernador provincial informó que cuatro puntos de la ciudad fueron impactados al mediodía, según la agencia oficial IRNA.

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Ejército iraní afirma que no cederá sobre el estrecho de Ormuz

El Ejército iraní declaró que las Fuerzas Armadas no cederán “ni un ápice” respecto al control del estrecho de Ormuz, en respuesta a la declaración del presidente estadounidense sobre el restablecimiento de un cerco naval y su intención de asumir un rol de “guardián” del paso.

El portavoz militar, el general de brigada Mohamad Akraminia, afirmó que el estrecho no será reabierto mediante guerra o agresión y que la única vía válida es el respeto a los derechos del pueblo iraní. La Guardia Revolucionaria había anunciado un cierre del estrecho “hasta el fin de la interferencia de Estados Unidos en la región” y advirtió que intentos de reabrirlo recibirían respuesta militar.

En los días recientes, Irán ha llevado a cabo ataques contra varios buques en las cercanías del estrecho; el más reciente, contra dos petroleros emiratíes, provocó un muerto y ocho heridos.

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La India convoca a un diplomático iraní tras la muerte de un marinero en Ormuz

El Gobierno de la India citó al subjefe de la Embajada de Irán en Nueva Delhi, Mustafa Goharifar, luego de que un ataque en el estrecho de Ormuz dejara un marinero indio muerto y otros diez heridos, según confirmó un diplomático iraní a EFE.

El Ministerio de Exteriores de la India presentó una “enérgica protesta” por los ataques contra los buques MT Al Bahiyah y MT Mombasa, que transportaban numerosos marineros indios entre sus tripulaciones. Nueva Delhi condenó los ataques y subrayó la necesidad de preservar la navegación segura y libre en vías internacionales como el estrecho de Ormuz.

Según la Cancillería india, de los 30 marineros indios a bordo de ambos buques, uno murió y varios resultaron heridos, algunos de gravedad.

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Irán presenta un proyecto de ley para la gestión del estrecho de Ormuz y advierte sobre sus “líneas rojas”

Irán presentó en el Parlamento un proyecto de ley titulado “Acción Estratégica para la Seguridad y el Progreso Sostenible del Estrecho de Ormuz y el Golfo Pérsico”, según anunció Ebrahim Azizi, presidente de la Comisión de Seguridad Nacional del Legislativo. Azizi indicó en X que la iniciativa fue presentada formalmente y que constituye el primer paso en una serie de medidas destinadas a proteger lo que el gobierno persa considera sus “líneas rojas” en relación con la gestión del estrecho.

El legislador afirmó que se mantendrán firmes en la defensa de esas líneas rojas y adelantó que habrá nuevas iniciativas legislativas y administrativas en el futuro cercano.

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Misiones diplomáticas de EEUU en Emiratos cancelan citas por la situación de seguridad

La embajada de Estados Unidos en Abu Dabi y el consulado general en Dubái anunciaron la cancelación de citas consulares hasta el miércoles debido a preocupaciones de seguridad regionales. La medida se comunicó después de que los Emiratos confirmaran el impacto de misiles en dos petroleros con pabellón emiratí y la muerte de un marinero.

Jordania intercepta cuatro misiles procedentes de Irán

Las autoridades jordanas informaron que interceptaron y derribaron cuatro misiles que entraron en su espacio aéreo desde el territorio iraní, según la agencia oficial de noticias.

La Guardia Revolucionaria iraní afirma haber atacado instalaciones de la Quinta Flota en Baréin

El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria (IRGC) comunicó que lanzó misiles y drones contra la base de la Quinta Flota de Estados Unidos en Baréin, y aseguró que los ataques provocaron incendios en depósitos de combustible y daños en sistemas de radar, incluido un radar Patriot y equipos de alerta temprana y control de embarcaciones no tripuladas. El IRGC indicó que la operación de represalia continúa.

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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 the president warned Iran would be struck “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 hit two Emirati oil tankers transiting the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz, in Omani territorial waters. The attack left one crew member dead and eight people injured.

Following the overnight strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Tuesday morning to have conducted additional missile and drone attacks against 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.

After the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran collapsed and hostilities resumed last week, 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 strait’s future, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X: “Tehran will always be the guardian of the strait.”

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Netanyahu warned Iranian leaders that Israel will respond if attacked

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a forceful response against Iran if Tehran carries out another attack against Israel.

“I tell the Iranian leaders: do not expect the situation to remain calm if they attack us,” Netanyahu said at a conference. He added: “The days when someone attacked us and we did not answer with a decisive strike are over.”

Israel said it is willing to withdraw from two areas in southern Lebanon

Israel said it expects its talks in Rome with Beirut to help implement an agreement on two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon, from which Israeli troops would withdraw.

Both countries, technically at 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 intended to end the war between Israel and the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah and to open a path toward peace.

But Hezbollah rejects the deal, which requires the group’s disarmament and whose implementation would begin with the Israeli withdrawal from two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese presidency warned on Monday that it will demand this withdrawal as a condition for further negotiations. Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, said his country is “willing to move forward with the implementation of those two pilot zones.”

“I hope and want to believe that this round of talks in Rome will facilitate that,” Saar told reporters in Jerusalem.

Oman reaffirmed its cooperation to restore navigation in Hormuz after attacks on vessels

Oman’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed that Muscat maintains “transparent and neutral cooperation with all parties” to restore navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, following the attack that caused significant damage to two Emirati tankers.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman reaffirms that Oman maintains its 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 signatory state to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” and urged “all parties,” implicitly referring to Iran, to “respect and adhere to international law.”

The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman, two countries that have held talks in recent months about managing this natural maritime passage. Tehran has proposed imposing a transit fee while Muscat opposes such a levy.

A Norwegian tanker exploded off the coast of Oman

A Norwegian tanker was struck by an explosion caused by an unidentified device off the coast of Oman in the early hours of Tuesday, with no casualties reported, MTI Network, a crisis management firm, said citing the shipowner.

Around 00:40 local time the Stolt Magnesium, sailing in the Arabian Sea off Oman, “was hit by the explosion of an external unidentified device,” MTI Network said in a statement citing information from Stolt Tankers.

The blast sparked a fire in the ship’s engine room but, according to the same source, the crew is “fortunately safe and accounted for.”

The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said 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 wrote in a short post accompanying a video.

The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council denounced Iran’s “terrorist” attacks

Jasim Mohamed al Budaiui, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), condemned Iran’s “terrorist” attacks on Emirati tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, saying they represent a “blatant violation” and a “serious breach” of international law and norms governing maritime 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 caused the death of a crew member and injuries to several others,” Al Budaiui said in a statement.

He added that the “terrorist attack” on Emirati vessels “constitutes a blatant violation and a serious breach of the principles of international law and rules concerning freedom of maritime navigation,” and also 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 GCC secretary general said, calling on the international community to “assume its legal and moral responsibilities and adopt a firm and deterrent stance in the face of these serious and repeated Iranian attacks.”

Three Bahrainis sentenced to life for spying for Iran

Bahrain’s Supreme Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced three Bahraini nationals 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 Crimes Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that the cases were separate, but the sentences were handed down in a single hearing today in Manama as part of a series of trials in recent weeks against dozens of Bahrainis accused of spying for or sympathizing with Iran.

The three convicted individuals, one tried in absentia, were accused “of espionage for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard 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 seized items,” the statement said.

It detailed that charges included “providing to an electronic account managed by the terrorist group the Revolutionary Guard videos of Iranian missile attacks against Bahrain,” as well as supplying “locations and coordinates of vital places within the country for attack by the enemy.”

Iran reported U.S. strikes in a border area near Iraq and Kuwait

U.S. strikes hit an Iranian border area close to Iraq and Kuwait on Tuesday, local authorities reported, amid heavy fighting between the two countries.

The cities 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 official IRNA news agency.

Iran said the U.S. attacked 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 the escalation between Tehran and Washington.

“Four points in the city of Bushehr were hit by hostile projectiles at midday (08:30 GMT),” deputy provincial 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 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 blockade against Iran and said the United States would act as the “guardian” of the passage.

“The Armed Forces will not yield an inch over the Strait of Hormuz,” Army spokesman 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 respect for the rights of the Iranian people is the only way to reopen one of the world’s most important routes for energy trade.

The IRGC declared a renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday “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 vessels near that strategic maritime passage. The most recent of those attacks occurred early this morning against two United Arab Emirates tankers, causing one death and eight injuries.

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India summoned an Iranian diplomat after an attack in Hormuz that killed a seafarer

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 killed an Indian seafarer and injured ten others, a diplomat from the Iranian mission confirmed to 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 that strategic waterway.

“We strongly condemn these attacks and acts of violence directed at seafarers and that hinder 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 were carrying a total of 30 Indian seafarers out of 46 crew members.

Of the 12 Indian citizens on board the MT Al Bahiyah, one died and another was injured. On the MT Mombasa there were 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 warned it will defend its “red lines”

Iran submitted a bill to parliament for the management of 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 X, Azizi reported that “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 the Iranian Parliament.”

The lawmaker said, “We remain firm in defending our red lines, especially regarding the management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He also warned of further measures: “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 struck by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, causing 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 said it launched attacks against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

The IRGC said it launched missile and drone strikes against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

It reported that the attacks caused a fire in fuel depots at the base 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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U.S. 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 the president 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 transiting 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 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 struck an airbase in Jordan used by U.S. forces.

Following the collapse of a 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 the United States would charge a 20% fee to vessels transiting the 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, minute-by-minute coverage:

Netanyahu warned Iranian leaders that Israel will respond if attacked

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a forceful response against Iran if Tehran carries out another attack against his country.

“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 a decisive strike are over.”

Israel said it is willing to withdraw from two areas in southern Lebanon

Israel said it expects its talks in Rome with Beirut to help implement an agreement on two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon, from which Israeli troops would withdraw.

Both countries, officially at 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 intended to end the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah and to pave the way toward peace.

But Hezbollah rejects the deal, which calls for the group’s disarmament and would begin with an Israeli withdrawal from two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese presidency warned on Monday 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 facilitate that,” Saar told reporters in Jerusalem.

Oman reaffirmed its cooperation to restore navigation in 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 through the Strait of Hormuz, following the bombing that caused significant damage to two Emirati tankers.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman reaffirms that Oman maintains its 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 signatory state to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” and urged “all parties”—in an implicit reference to Iran—to “respect and abide by international law.”

The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman, two countries that have held talks in recent months about managing this natural maritime passage. Tehran seeks to impose a transit fee while Muscat opposes it.

A Norwegian tanker exploded off the coast of Oman

A Norwegian tanker was hit by an explosion from an unidentified device off the coast of Oman in the early hours of Tuesday, with no casualties reported, MTI Network, a crisis management firm, said quoting the shipowner.

At about 00:40 local time the Stolt Magnesium, sailing in the Arabian Sea off Oman, “was struck by the explosion of an unidentified external device,” MTI Network said in a statement, citing information from Stolt Tankers.

The explosion caused a fire in the vessel’s engine room but, according to the same source, the crew is “fortunately safe and accounted for.”

UK Maritime Trade Operations said a tanker reported being “hit by an unknown projectile in the engine room” 40 nautical miles northeast of Qalhat, Oman.

U.S. sailors conduct flight operations aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) posted images on its X account showing American 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.

Gulf Cooperation Council chief denounced Iran’s “terrorist” attacks

Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Jasim Mohamed al Budaiui, condemned Iran’s “terrorist” attacks on Emirati tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, stressing they represent a “blatant violation” and a “serious breach” of international law and principles of maritime 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 blatant violation and a serious breach of the principles of international law and the rules governing freedom of maritime navigation,” and also violates United Nations Security Council resolutions.

“The GCC stands united with the United Arab Emirates and supports all measures it adopts to protect its security, sovereignty, facilities and vital interests,” the regional bloc’s secretary-general said, calling on 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 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 Crimes Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement these were two separate cases, but the sentences were handed down in a session held today in Manama by the court, part of a series of trials in recent weeks against dozens of Bahrainis accused of spying for or sympathizing with Iran.

The three convicted individuals, one tried in absentia, were charged “with espionage for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its collaborators, with the aim of assisting it in hostile and terrorist acts against the Kingdom of Bahrain and harming its interests. The court sentenced them to life imprisonment and ordered confiscation of seized items,” the statement said.

It detailed that the accusations include “providing to an electronic account managed by the terrorist group Revolutionary Guard videos of Iranian missile attacks against Bahrain,” as well as “locations and coordinates of vital sites inside the country to 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 area close to Iraq and Kuwait on Tuesday, local authorities reported, amid heavy fighting 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.

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 reported amid the escalation between Tehran and Washington.

“Four points in the city of Bushehr were hit by enemy projectiles at midday (08:30 GMT),” said provincial deputy governor Ehsan Jahanian to the official IRNA news agency, attributing the attacks to the United States.

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The Iranian military said it will not give “an inch” over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Army said the armed forces will not give “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 United States would act as the “guardian” of that maritime passage.

“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 attacks by the United States” 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 Revolutionary Guard declared a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday “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 vessels near that strategic passage. The latest of those attacks occurred at dawn against two United Arab Emirates tankers 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

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 it had lodged a “strong protest” with the Iranian diplomat over the attacks on the MT Al Bahiyah and MT Mombasa, which were transiting that 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 carried a total of 30 Indian seafarers out of 46 crew members.

Of the 12 Indian citizens on board the MT Al Bahiyah, one died and another was injured. The MT Mombasa had 18 Indians on board, nine of whom were injured, 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, chairman of the legislature’s National Security Commission, 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 in 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, saying: “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 struck by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, causing the death of a seafarer.

Jordan shot down four missiles coming 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 attacks against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

According to the IRGC, the attacks caused a fire in fuel storage at the base and struck and destroyed a Patriot radar, the fleet’s air traffic control radar, a C-RAM early-warning radar system and the control and monitoring center for unmanned surface vessels (USV).

“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.

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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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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. Trump had 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 said the offensive targeted Iranian military capabilities linked to the Strait of Hormuz.

Soon after the airstrikes, 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 others injured.

Following the nighttime strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Tuesday morning that it had launched additional missile and drone attacks against the Jufair naval base in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and said it had also hit an air base in Jordan used by U.S. forces.

After the collapse 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 would charge a 20% fee to ships transiting the waterway to cover security costs. In response, Iran’s senior military leadership stated that 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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Israel says it is willing 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 troops would withdraw.

The two countries, officially at 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 intended to end the war between Israel and the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah and to pave the way for peace.

Hezbollah rejects the agreement, which requires the group’s disarmament and whose implementation would begin with an Israeli withdrawal from two “pilot zones” in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese presidency warned on Monday that it would demand this withdrawal as a precondition 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 reaffirms 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 after 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,” a veiled reference to Iran, to “respect and abide by international law.”

The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and Oman, countries that have held talks in recent months about managing this natural maritime route. Tehran wants to impose a transit fee while Muscat opposes such a levy.

A Norwegian tanker exploded off the coast of Oman

A Norwegian tanker suffered an explosion caused by an unidentified device off the coast of Oman in the early hours of Tuesday, with no casualties reported, according to crisis management firm MTI Network, citing the shipping company.

At approximately 00:40 local time, the Stolt Magnesium, transiting the Arabian Sea off Oman, “was struck by the explosion of an external unidentified device,” MTI Network said in a statement, quoting Stolt Tankers.

The explosion caused a fire in the vessel’s engine room but, according to the same source, the crew is “fortunately safe and all accounted for.”

The U.K.’s Maritime Trade Operations agency reported that a tanker said it had been “hit 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

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) posted images on its X account showing American 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 wrote in a short post accompanying a video.

Gulf Cooperation Council chief condemns Iran’s “terrorist” attacks

The secretary-general of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Jasim Mohamed al Budaiui, 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 of 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 blatant violation and a serious breach of international law and the rules on freedom of maritime navigation,” and also runs counter to 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 bloc’s secretary-general added, urging the international community to “assume its legal and moral responsibilities and take a firm and deterrent stance in the face of these serious and repeated Iranian attacks.”

Three Bahrainis sentenced to life for spying for Iran

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced three Bahraini nationals to life in prison 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 Special Prosecution for Terrorism Crimes said in a statement that the convictions concern two separate cases, but that the sentences were handed down in a hearing today in Manama. The trials are the latest in a series in recent weeks against dozens of Bahrainis accused of spying for or sympathizing with Iran.

The three convicted individuals, one tried in absentia, were charged “with espionage for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its collaborators, with the aim of assisting it 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 seized items,” the statement said.

It specified that among the accusations were “the provision to an electronic account run by the terrorist group Revolutionary Guard of 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 hit an Iranian border area near Iraq and Kuwait on Tuesday, local authorities reported, amid intense fighting between the two countries.

Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor of Khuzestan province, told the state news agency IRNA that the city of Abadan, home to the oldest oil refinery in the Middle East, and the port city of Mahshahr were targeted by the strikes.

Iranian regime says the U.S. struck the port city of Bushehr

Local authorities reported that U.S. strikes hit the port city of Bushehr on Tuesday, where Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant is located, amid escalating violence between Tehran and Washington.

“Four points in the city of Bushehr were struck by enemy projectiles at noon (08:30 GMT),” the provincial deputy governor, Ehsan Jahanian, told the official IRNA news agency, attributing the attacks to the United States.

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Iran’s military says it will not yield “an inch” over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s army said its armed forces will not yield “an inch” over the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the restoration of a naval blockade against Iran and said the United States would assume the role of “guardian” of the waterway.

“The Armed Forces will not yield an inch over the Strait of Hormuz,” said army spokesman Brigadier General Mohamad Akraminia, according to Tasnim news agency.

The military spokesman added that “the Strait of Hormuz will never be reopened through war, aggression, or U.S. attacks,” and argued that respect for the rights of the Iranian people is the only way to reopen one of the world’s most important routes for energy trade.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared a new closure of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday “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 struck several vessels near that strategic passage. The latest attack occurred early Tuesday against two United Arab Emirates tankers, resulting in one death and eight injuries.

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India summons Iranian diplomat after attack in the Strait of Hormuz that killed a seafarer

India’s government 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 seafarer dead and ten others injured, a diplomat from the Iranian mission told EFE news agency.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs later said 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 were carrying a combined total of 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 injured. The MT Mombasa carried 18 Indians, nine of whom were injured, two seriously, the Foreign Ministry said.

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Iran submits bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warns it will defend its “red lines”

Iran has presented a bill in parliament to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warned it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the parliamentary National Security Committee, said.

In a message posted on 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 added that “we remain firm in defending our red lines, particularly concerning management of the Strait of Hormuz,” and suggested further measures are planned: “This is the first step; subsequent actions 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 notice came after the United Arab Emirates reported that two Emirati-flagged tankers were struck by Iranian missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, causing the death of a seafarer.

Jordan says it shot down four missiles from Iran

Jordan reported intercepting and shooting down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory, the state news agency said.

Iran says it struck the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

The IRGC said it had launched missile and drone attacks against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

According to the IRGC, the strikes caused a fire in the base’s fuel storage and hit and destroyed a Patriot radar, the fleet’s air traffic control radar, a C-RAM early warning radar system, and the control center for unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.

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President Donald Trump’s decision to reimpose a maritime blockade on Iran’s ports opens a new phase in the confrontation between Washington and Tehran and places the Strait of Hormuz again at the center of a crisis with consequences that go beyond direct military clashes. The move aims to prevent maritime trade with the Islamic Republic, increase economic pressure on the Iranian government and, according to the White House, protect one of the world’s most important energy routes.

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its naval forces will resume a naval blockade targeting vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports—an operation that was previously carried out from April 13 to June 18 and was suspended after a ceasefire agreement between the parties.

Although described as a “naval blockade,” the measure does not mean a physical closure of the Strait of Hormuz nor a total halt to commercial navigation in the Persian Gulf. Its purpose is narrower: to prevent commercial ships from trading with Iran through a US Navy-managed system of surveillance, interception and diversion of vessels.

In practice, any ship whose origin or destination is an Iranian port can be identified, intercepted and ordered to change course. If the ship’s master complies, the vessel continues; if not, the United States warns it may immobilize the ship using military operations.

At the same time, Washington says other commercial traffic will continue to receive protection while transiting the region’s waters, and it has asked all mariners to maintain contact with US naval forces when approaching the Gulf of Oman and the approaches to the Strait of Hormuz.

The distinction between blocking Iranian ports and closing the Strait of Hormuz is crucial to understanding the measure’s reach. Hormuz remains an international maritime corridor open to ships from various countries. However, nearly all of Iran’s major Persian Gulf ports rely on that passage to access international trade, so controlling access to those terminals exerts significant pressure on Iran’s economy without fully halting global navigation.

The reimposition of the maritime blockade follows President Trump’s declaration that the June memorandum of understanding was void because Iran allegedly continued attacking merchant ships near the Strait of Hormuz despite agreeing to reduce hostilities. The move also coincides with an escalation of US military operations.

Over the weekend, US forces reported striking roughly 140 Iranian military targets using fighter aircraft, drones and warships. CENTCOM also confirmed the first operational use of maritime drones to destroy a submarine and vessel maintenance facility in Bandar Abbas, Iran’s main military port and a strategic site on the Strait of Hormuz.

Tehran responded with tougher rhetoric. Army spokesman Brig. Gen. Mohamad Akraminia said the armed forces “will not yield an inch” on the Strait of Hormuz and asserted that the passage “will never be reopened by war, aggression or US attacks.” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reiterated that the strait’s closure will remain in effect while US intervention continues and warned that any attempt to change that situation will be met with a military response.

At the same time, Iran has intensified attacks on vessels operating near the Strait of Hormuz and has launched missiles and drones against US bases and countries allied with Washington, including Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Oman, broadening the conflict’s regional impact.

The new US offensive also revives tactics used during the blockade’s first phase. Between April and June, CENTCOM said it diverted more than 140 vessels that complied with orders, disabled nine ships that breached the blockade and allowed passage for over 50 commercial vessels carrying humanitarian aid.

Beyond its military dimension, the reestablished naval blockade has a strong economic component. Shipping companies that continue to deal with Iran will face a higher risk of interception, and maritime insurance and shipping costs could rise if tensions escalate further.

The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz explains market concerns. Before the outbreak of hostilities, about one-fifth of the world’s traded oil passed through that corridor daily. Although the United States insists that international navigation will remain open for ships not trading with Iran, any military incident in the area can disrupt energy supply chains and put upward pressure on global oil prices.

Adding uncertainty, President Trump announced that the United States will begin charging a fee equal to 20% of the cargo’s value to vessels seeking US protection to cross the Strait of Hormuz. If implemented, the proposal would not only raise maritime trade costs but also reinforce the role Washington seeks as guarantor of security for one of the world’s most strategic sea lanes—a role Iran rejects and that risks prolonging the confrontation in the Persian Gulf.

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