US launches fresh strikes on Iran as Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens
The United States has launched a fresh wave of military strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump declared that the interim ceasefire agreement between the two countries was effectively over, raising fears of a wider regional conflict.
The US military said the strikes targeted more than 140 sites across Iran in response to attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important oil routes.
Washington insists the waterway remains open to international navigation, despite Iran announcing it had closed the strait until further notice.
The escalation comes after Iran reportedly targeted a commercial vessel transiting the strait, prompting retaliatory U.S. action. Tehran has increasingly sought to assert control over the narrow waterway, through which roughly one-fifth of global oil supplies pass.
