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.”
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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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