US bombs Iran again, Tehran strikes Gulf, tankers: What’s the latest?

The United States carried retired attacks against Iran for a 3rd consecutive nighttime precocious connected Monday.

Iran has continued to deed targets successful the Gulf successful respective waves of retaliatory strikes connected Tuesday, including UAE‑flagged lipid tankers successful the Strait of Hormuz and US subject facilities successful Bahrain and Kuwait.

Here is simply a recap of what has happened connected Monday nighttime and Tuesday, and what each broadside has said.

Where did the US onslaught Iran?

US Central Command, the military’s determination bid known arsenic CENTCOM, said its latest strikes began astatine 4:45pm ET (20:45 GMT) connected Monday and were aimed astatine degrading Iran’s capableness to onslaught “innocent civilians and commercialized shipping” successful the strait.

CENTCOM aboriginal announced the decision of its strikes and said the latest circular of attacks connected Iran lasted 5 hours. It added that US forces “successfully struck subject targets crossed Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas”.

Iranian authorities tv and semi-official quality agencies reported explosions passim the nighttime crossed the country’s confederate coast, including the larboard metropolis of Bandar Abbas, and connected Kish and Qeshm islands, arsenic good arsenic the municipality of Jam successful Bushehr province.

A projectile that struck occidental Bandar Abbas caused nary casualties, the Fars quality bureau reported, citing the determination governor’s office.

What areas did Iran target?

For its part, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had launched a wider retaliatory run against US allies and interests crossed the Gulf.

Iran’s Tasnim quality bureau reported that Iranian forces had struck respective “violating” vessels successful the strait, and that a US-made drone had been changeable down adjacent Bandar Abbas.

The UAE: The UAE said 2 of its lipid tankers had been deed by Iranian cruise missiles successful Omani waters successful the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE added that 1 Indian nationalist unit subordinate had been killed connected 1 of the tankers, and 8 different radical were wounded.

Iran’s Tasnim quality bureau said the IRGC deed 2 “offending” lipid supertankers, citing an IRGC connection – seemingly referring to the 2 UAE tankers.

Kuwait: The Iranian army said connected Monday that it had carried retired a drone onslaught connected US subject targets successful Kuwait. In a connection posted by authorities broadcaster IRIB, the service said it launched drones astatine a US Patriot rocket system, substance tanks, a watchtower, an ammunition depot and connection systems.

Bahrain: The IRGC said it targeted “several weapons retention depots, a outer communications centre, and a gathering lodging US forces” astatine al-Juffair Base successful Bahrain. It besides said it had deed the US Fifth Fleet successful Bahrain with missiles and drones.

Air sirens person been heard 4 times successful Bahrain connected Tuesday truthful far.

Jordan: Jordan’s army said it changeable down 4 missiles successful Jordanian airspace that were fired from Iran, according to the authoritative Petra quality agency. After this, the IRGC said it launched ballistic missiles astatine US forces and cardinal facilities astatine an airbase successful Jordan.

In a connection addressed straight to Jordanians, the IRGC insisted that the cognition was aimed astatine the US subject beingness successful the state alternatively than astatine Jordan oregon its citizens. “You cognize that we clasp nary animosity toward your country. On the contrary, we profoundly emotion you, the noble people. You recognize the symptom and suffering of the Palestinian radical amended than immoderate different nation, and you are alert of the crimes of the Zionist authorities successful the massacre of 70,000 Palestinians, including 20,000 children successful Gaza, carried retired with the nonstop engagement of the United States,” it said.

What person the US and Iran said?

US President Donald Trump formally notified Congress connected July 10 that warring with Iran had resumed connected July 7, invoking his authorization to support US forces successful combat for different 60 days without lawmakers’ approval.

At a quality league connected Monday, Trump said Iran’s violative capabilities were being dismantled, but helium inactive thinks a “deal is possible” contempt the instrumentality to unfastened fighting.

Trump besides repeated an earlier request that Gulf nations assistance screen the outgo of protecting shipping, saying Washington was “protecting a precise affluent information of the world” and expected to beryllium paid for it.

On Monday, Trump besides threatened to “take out” Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, besides known arsenic Pickaxe Mountain, a suspected atomic tract adjacent the Natanz uranium enrichment installation successful cardinal Iran.

Meanwhile, the US blockade connected Iran, confirmed by the US Navy-led Joint Maritime Information Centre (JMIC), is owed to statesman astatine 20:00 GMT connected Tuesday.

The US’s blockade covers Iran’s ports and terminals on the full confederate coastline, according to JMIC.

Ebrahim Azizi, the caput of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, has warned that Iran remains steadfast successful defending its reddish lines, pursuing the ceremonial instauration of a measure to negociate the Strait of Hormuz.

In an X station connected Tuesday, Azizi wrote: “Last night, coinciding with the downing of US drones, the ‘Strategic Action for the Security and Sustainable Progress of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf’ measure was formally introduced successful Iran’s Parliament. We stay steadfast successful defending our reddish lines, peculiarly regarding the absorption of the Strait of Hormuz.”

What is happening to shipping successful Hormuz?

Oil prices rose more than 9 percent connected Monday, with Brent crude climbing to astir $81 a barrel, its highest level since mid-June.

Kpler, the ship-tracking firm, said crossings done the strait fell by astir 52 percent betwixt July 10 and July 12, compared with the erstwhile week.