Weeks after signing an interim MoU to end the war, the United States and Iran have struggled to maintain their fragile truce, with the fight over the control of the strait of Hormuz flaring again today.
The US on Wednesday launched fresh strikes against Iran in retaliation for what it said was Iranian strikes on three commercial vessels a day earlier.
Iran responded by targeting dozens of US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain. The country has sought to leverage its control of the strait, effectively allowing it to force a stalemate with the world’s most powerful military.
Iran responded by targeting dozens of US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, with sirens sounded in both countries. “In an initial response to this aggression, the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force carried out a joint missile and drone operation, striking 85 key US military facilities” in the two countries, while also shooting down an MQ-9 drone, the statement said.
Iran’s foreign ministry also lashed out against the US, vowing to “take whatever measures it deems necessary to safeguard its national interests and security”. The ministry accused the US of “treacherous action” and “major violations” of the MoU. “The era of bullying and extortion is over,” Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf wrote on X. “It leads nowhere.
We don’t fold.” Referring to the US strikes, Iranian media said six projectiles hit the area of Taheroui pier in Sirik in southern Iran. No civilian deaths were reported, but several people were injured by shrapnel from an “enemy projectile” that hit a commercial pier in Sirik, according to an Iranian state TV reporter. The reports said strikes also hit fishing piers in Sirik and in Bandar Abbas, where several fishing boats were set ablaze.