{"id":2451,"date":"2026-07-12T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:43:08","slug":"iran-reports-new-attacks-on-military-targets-on-its-largest-island-near-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2451","title":{"rendered":"Iran reports new attacks on military targets on its largest island near the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2014 The United States attacked Iran on Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing. Iran responded with attacks on countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Oman \u2014 the nation on the other side of the strait that Tehran has pressed to join in managing shipping traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2449\">Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard will host Chase Utley and Cole Hamels on their podcast at All-Star Village<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. struck again later Sunday. Iran\u2019s state-run IRNA news agency cited the governor of Qeshm island near the strait as saying projectiles had been fired at military targets, with no casualties. IRNA said explosions were also heard in the coastal city of Bandar Abbas and Hajiabad city to the north.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss military operations, said a few strikes were conducted on missile and air defense systems, as well as small boats of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard at a couple of locations around the strait to further degrade Iran\u2019s ability to attack commercial shipping.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Iran and the U.S. are nearly at the midway point of the 60-day period of their interim deal aimed at reaching a permanent end to the war. The strait, a key route for the global supply of oil and natural gas and long considered an international waterway, has become a sticking point in negotiations that seem in danger of collapse.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The United Nations secretary-general, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, was \u201cdeeply concerned by the serious escalation,\u201d according to a statement.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Iran says the strait is closed and the U.S. disagrees<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. military\u2019s Central Command said earlier Sunday that it hit some 140 targets, including missile and drone launch sites, ammunition dumps, communication equipment, and other sites. It said the attacks, heavier than in recent days, would weaken Iran\u2019s ability to threaten shipping.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe bombed the hell out of them last night,\u201d President Donald Trump told NBC\u2019s <i>Meet the Press<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported that a navy officer was killed. Iran retaliated by attacking nations in the region hosting U.S. military forces, while insisting it alone must control the strait and potentially charge vessels for traveling through it.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe era of one-sided deals is OVER,\u201d Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran\u2019s parliament and a main negotiator, wrote. \u201cWe told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. has launched three rounds of airstrikes targeting Iran in the last week over Iranian attacks on ships heading through the strait using a route off Oman, seeking to avoid the Islamic Republic\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. military and Trump asserted that the strait remained open Sunday. Iran said it was closed until calm is restored, and Tehran would consider targeting \u201cadditional enemy bases in the region\u201d if it faced more attacks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. military said over 140 ships had transited the strait over the past week. A multinational body overseen by the U.S. Navy said traffic continued \u201cat reduced levels\u201d off both Oman and Iran. It said nearly 140 vessels transited daily before the war.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>About a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the strait before the war began. Iran\u2019s grip on it led to a global energy crisis, though oil prices have sharply dropped since wartime highs of $120 a barrel.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Oman summons Iranian envoy to protest attack <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Missile alerts sounded across several Gulf Arab countries.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Qatar\u2019s military said it intercepted incoming Iranian fire, with explosions heard in the neighboring United Arab Emirates. Three people, including a child, were wounded as a result of shrapnel from the interception of Iranian attacks, Qatar\u2019s Interior Ministry said, giving no further details on their condition.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Missile alerts sounded in Bahrain, an island kingdom in the Persian Gulf that is home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2447\">Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, dies after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Kuwait\u2019s Defense Ministry said three \u201cland border posts\u201d in the north and an offshore drilling platform of the Kuwait Oil Company were damaged, with one platform worker wounded.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A day after Oman and Iran held talks on the strait, the Omani state news agency said drones struck sites in an area on the waterway.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Oman summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the strikes, the first such move since the war began, calling Iran\u2019s acts \u201cirresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Three Iranian missiles struck areas across Jordan, causing minor damage but no injuries, Jordan\u2019s state news agency reported.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Sirens also sounded in the UAE, but the government said missiles did not cross into its territory.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Iranian strike on ship harms Indian crew<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A Cyprus-flagged container ship was hit by Iran and suffered \u201csignificant engine room damage,\u201d the U.S. Central Command said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Oman\u2019s maritime authority said it rescued 23 crew members but one was missing. India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs called him an Indian national and it was working with Oman to locate him.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, overseen by the British military, said the ship had been moving along Oman\u2019s shoreline.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said multiple vessels \u201cdisregarded our warnings\u201d and ignored instructions to follow what it called an approved route. One \u201cwas struck by a warning shot and brought to a stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Iranian state media later reported U.S. strikes across the country, including southern Iran in the province closest to the strait and military sites in a province near Tehran.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Attacks followed more diplomatic talks about the strait <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The strait sits in Iran and Oman\u2019s territorial waters. Oman on Saturday said it and Iran agreed to continue discussing the strait \u201cat the technical and political levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Trump suggested last week that the interim deal on the war was \u201cover.\u201d But mediators, including Pakistan, Qatar, and Egypt, have continued efforts to reach an agreement. A regional official involved in mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss talks, said efforts to shore up the ceasefire continued Sunday. Pakistan said its foreign minister spoke by phone with Iran\u2019s top diplomat and urged \u201cde-escalation\u201d on both sides.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s new supreme leader, unseen since the war began, on Saturday vowed in his first statement since the funeral of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that Iranians would avenge his killing in the war\u2019s opening strikes on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Such revenge \u201cis the will of our nation and must certainly be carried out,\u201d Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement carried on state television.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2445\">U.S. airlines are redesigning travel around their highest-paying passengers<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran says the strait is closed, but the U.S. disagrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation-world","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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