Tehran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz
Iran announced on Sunday it was closing the Strait of Hormuz after attacking a Cyprus-flagged merchant ship, prompting fresh US strikes and a barrage of missiles and drones against Gulf states hosting American forces.
Sirens and explosions were heard in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, AFP journalists and local authorities reported, the latest escalation to undermine an interim agreement between Washington and Tehran aimed at ending the Middle East war.
The Pentagon said it had struck Iran early Sunday after the Revolutionary Guards fired on a Cyprus-registered container ship they said was sailing an “unauthorised route” through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian media reported explosions in Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Jask and on Qeshm Island as well as in Khuzestan province, which borders Iraq, with no immediate reports of casualties.
