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Tehran said it had launched a new wave of retaliatory missile and drone attacks against U.S. military naval assets in the Middle East, as the fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz deepens.
The Iranian actions were in response to the U.S. attacks on sites in Iran on Sunday, including on air defense systems, radar sites, missile and drone equipment and small boats.
Washington is aiming to degrade Iran’s ability to target civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz which U.S.
Central Command said, “Iran does not control.”
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) said on Monday that the waterway “is our territory” and claimed to have closed it again, adding to uncertainty over whether full access through it can fully resume.
During the Iran War, Tehran had blocked the waterway critical for energy exports, which upended global energy markets.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Washington and Tehran agreed on June 17 partially reopened it, though not to pre-war levels.
“The Strait has become the United States' Achilles' heel in this conflict and Iran's strongest bargaining chip,” Susannah Streeter, markets expert and chief investment strategist at the broker Wealth Club, told Newsweek on Monday.
Iran Launches Missiles at US Targets
A weekend of attacks from both sides marked the latest hostilities threatening the June 17 memorandum of understanding (MOU).
U.S.
Central Command said it had struck 140 targets, including missile and drone launch sites, ammunition dumps, communication equipment.
Iranian media said on Monday that in retaliation, Tehran had launched ballistic missiles from western and central Iran toward U.S. bases and vessels.
In Bahrain, which hosts the U.S.
Navy’s 5th Fleet, missile alert sirens were heard.
Kuwait said it had intercepted hostile fire, while Jordan reported it had downed four Iranian missiles.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said missile and drone strikes had hit facilities in Juffair, Bahrain, and destroyed two radars in Oman, adding that the strait would only reopen to shipping after U.S. military activity there ended.
State news agency IRNA reported that the IRGC's Aerospace Force had "completely destroyed fuel depots and a Patriot air defense system at the US base in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, as well as an FPS strategic radar system at the Ahmed Al-Jaber base."
This has not been independently confirmed.
Iranian media also reported that U.S. attacks had hit Hormozgan and Khuzestan provinces in the southern part of the country and Markazi province near Tehran.
At least two people were killed.
Strikes on Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, also in the south bordeing the waterway, were also reported.
Iran and US Wrangle Over Hormuz Control
The hostilities underline the importance of fully freeing up the Strait of Hormuz, through which one fifth of the world’s oil and gas transited before the war.
Intelligence platform Kpler said Monday that confirmed Strait of Hormuz crossings declined by around 52 percent week- on-week, over July 10 to 12, with traffic reverting to more defensive routing patterns.
Clause 5 of the MOU announced on June 17 required Tehran to discuss the future administration and maritime services” of the strait with Oman, which borders the waterway and other Persian Gulf littoral states.
The U.S. has said that the waterway is open but Tehran insists it is controlling it as it aims to charge tolls for transiting, which is counter to international maritime law.
In its analysis on Sunday, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that Iran was refusing any arrangement that undermines its control over the waterway.
“Iran views control over the Strait of Hormuz as a major strategic objective, and its leaders believe that if Iran ends the war without control of the strait, the war would end in a serious strategic defeat,” the Washington, D.C, think tank said.
Streeter from the Wealth Club said that with the chance of negotiations between seizing up again, and this fresh flare-up of attacks has caused oil prices to increase by 4 percent on Monday, to above $79 a barrel for Brent crude, the global benchmark.
“While prices are still not at crisis levels, the creep upwards will ignite fresh inflationary worries and concerns about how far higher interest rates could move,” Streeter said.
Timeline From Framework MOU Deal
June 17: The U.S. and Iran sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end the Iran War and kickstart 60 days of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.
June 26: Tehran is accused of violating the truce with an attack on a cargo ship that prompts the U.S. launch fresh strikes on Iran.
July 7: The U.S. launches 80 more strikes following Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran targets U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.
July 8: While at the NATO summit in Ankara, President Donald Trump declares the ceasefire with Iran "over."
July 11: U.S. officials demand Tehran state that the Strait of Hormuz is open.
July 12: The U.S, launches further attacks on Iran following attacks in the Strait.
Tehran retaliated with strikes at U.S. bases in the region.
July 13: Iranian attacks on U.S. military assets are reported.
The U.S. said it had hit dozens of sites across the region.
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