The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) completed 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 that the offensive targeted Iranian military capabilities linked to the Strait of Hormuz.
Shortly 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 nighttime strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in the morning new missile and drone strikes against the Juffair naval base in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and said it also hit an air base in Jordan used by U.S. forces.
Following the breakdown of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran and the resumption of hostilities last week, Trump said the strait will remain open “with or without Iran” and announced that the United States will impose a 20% fee on ships transiting the waterway to cover security costs. In response, Iran’s senior military command stated that Washington has no authority over the strait’s future, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi wrote on X: “Tehran will always be the guardian of the strait.”
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Iran submitted a bill to manage the Strait of Hormuz and warns it will defend its “red lines”
Iran submitted to Parliament a bill to govern the Strait of Hormuz and warned it will defend its “red lines,” Ebrahim Azizi, chair of the legislature’s National Security Committee, reported.
In a message posted on the social network X, Azizi said, “Last night, coinciding with the shootdown of U.S. drones, the bill ‘Strategic Action for the Security and Sustainable Progress of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf’ was formally submitted to the Iranian Parliament.”
The lawmaker said, “We remain firm in defending our red lines, particularly regarding the management of the Strait of Hormuz.” He also signaled 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 statement followed reports from the United Arab Emirates that two UAE-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 says it intercepted and shot down four missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory, the state news agency reported.
Iran said it launched attacks against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it conducted missile and drone strikes against the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
It reported that the strikes caused a fire in the base’s fuel storage and damaged 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 uncrewed surface vessels (USV).
“The retaliatory operation continues,” the statement added.
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