Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNato secretary general Mark Rutte stated that renewed US strikes on Iran were "absolutely necessary" following Iran's violation of a fragile ceasefire agreement. The US military conducted a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a licence permitting Tehran to sell oil, after three tankers were reportedly hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Qatar accused Iran of attacking its LNG tanker, the Al Rekayyat, in the Strait of Hormuz, which sustained a fire in its engine room, while Iran denied responsibility for the vessel strikes. In retaliation for the US strikes, Iran launched attacks on key US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, with the IRGC claiming to have targeted 85 facilities and a reaper drone. These escalating hostilities, including the US withdrawal of the oil concession which led to a more than 3 per cent rise in oil prices, jeopardise a ceasefire agreement signed in June aimed at a final resolution. In fullNato chief defends Trump’s strikes on Iran as ‘absolutely necessary’ despite threat to ceasefireMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
US attacks on Iran were ‘absolutely necessary’, says Nato chief
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNato secretary general Mark Rutte stated that renewed US strikes on Iran were "absolutely necessary" following Iran's violation of a fragile ceasefire agreement. The US military conducted a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a licence permitting Tehran to sell oil, after three tankers were reportedly hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Qatar accused Iran of attacking its LNG tanker, the Al Rekayyat, in the Strait of Hormuz, which sustained a fire in its engine room, while Iran denied responsibility for the vessel strikes. In retaliation for the US strikes, Iran launched attacks on key US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, with the IRGC claiming to have targeted 85 facilities and a reaper drone. These escalating hostilities, including the US withdrawal of the oil concession which led to a more than 3 per cent rise in oil prices, jeopardise a ceasefire agreement signed in June aimed at a final resolution. In fullNato chief defends Trump’s strikes on Iran as ‘absolutely necessary’ despite threat to ceasefireMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
