Hormuz tankers on fire, as US, Iran continue attacks: What’s the latest?

EXPLAINER

The White House told Al Jazeera that the US would proceed strikes unless Trump decides otherwise.

The United States continued to onslaught Iran for a tenth consecutive nighttime aboriginal connected Tuesday, hitting subject bid centres. Explosions were reported successful Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr.

Iran retaliated, striking US subject assets successful the Gulf, attacking Bahrain and Kuwait. Additionally, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said “massive fires” had besides breached retired connected 2 tankers successful the Strait of Hormuz.

Here is simply a recap of what happened connected Monday nighttime and Tuesday.

Where was Iran attacked?

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it completed different circular of strikes against Iran astatine 01:00 GMT connected Tuesday. This marks the tenth consecutive nighttime of US strikes against Iran.

CENTCOM said it deed Iranian subject bid centres, maritime capabilities, rocket and drone motorboat sites and aerial defence systems.

Al Jazeera’s Tohid Assidi reported from the Iranian superior Tehran connected Tuesday that explosions were reported connected Qeshm Island, the largest land successful the Strait of Hormuz, arsenic good arsenic successful the larboard cities of Bandar Abbas and Bandar Lengeh.

Explosions were heard successful the southwestern metropolis of Shiraz astatine astir 1am section clip (21:30 GMT) connected Tuesday, Iran’s IRIB authorities broadcaster reported.

It said a determination successful the eastbound of the metropolis and different successful the westbound “were attacked by the enemy”.

IRIB besides cited the lawman politician of Isfahan state arsenic saying determination was nary “enemy aggression oregon explosions” successful the metropolis of Isfahan oregon the wider province, denying an earlier study from the semi-official Mehr quality agency.

The politician of Bushehr, meanwhile, told IRIB that the sounds of explosions successful the state were “related to the enactment of defence systems”.

The Mehr News Agency said connected Tuesday that respective explosions were successful the metropolis of Abdanan successful Iran’s occidental Ilam province, citing Abdanan Governor Behzad Nourmohammadi.

Where was the Gulf attacked?

Bahrain: The IRGC said connected Tuesday that it destroyed a US aerial defence strategy and radar successful Bahrain’s Muharraq country during its latest subject operation. In a connection carried by the IRIB broadcaster, the IRGC besides claimed that a coordinated rocket and drone onslaught destroyed a US Patriot aerial defence strategy successful Bahrain’s Al-Riffa. The IRGC said the strikes were intended to wide the mode for further operations. In a connection carried by the semi-official Tasnim quality agency, the IRGC claimed its aerospace unit had destroyed Amazon’s cardinal information infrastructure utilizing cruise missiles.

Kuwait: The IRGC says it targeted and destroyed respective US subject assets successful Kuwait during a caller strike. In a connection carried by the semi-official Tasnim quality agency, the IRGC said the strikes deed a long-range radar site, a telecommunications centre, outer receiving systems and a rocket defence radar of the US subject successful Kuwait. The radical besides claimed to person struck an MQ-9 drone hangar astatine the Ali Al Salem airbase, destroying oregon severely damaging respective unmanned aircraft.

What person leaders of either broadside said?

Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett, reporting from Washington, DC, said the White House told Al Jazeera successful a connection that the strikes would proceed until the president decides otherwise. But it ended that connection by saying that diplomatic talks betwixt the 2 nations are ongoing.

Iran’s IRGC said connected Tuesday that “massive fires” had breached retired connected 2 lipid tankers that attempted to “pass done the unsafe confederate way successful the Strait of Hormuz” pursuing an explosion.

In a connection carried by the IRIB authorities broadcaster, the IRGC said rescue teams were evacuating the crews of the vessels.

It again warned shipping companies to safeguard the wellness of their crews, not to spot “false accusation from the US military”, and to debar routes it described arsenic dangerous.

“It is evident that arsenic agelong arsenic America’s evils proceed successful the region, the Strait of Hormuz volition beryllium closed, and not adjacent a driblet of oil, gas, oregon a bundle of chemic fertiliser volition beryllium exported from the region,” it added.