US military reimposes naval blockade on Iranian ports, launches new strikes
CENTCOM said the renewed blockade follows Iranian attacks on commercial ships, while Brent crude rose 15% to $85 a barrel, the highest since mid-June.
- The U.S. military officially reinstated its naval blockade on Iranian ports on Tuesday afternoon, with U.S. Central Command enforcing the maritime quarantine starting at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
- The blockade was accompanied by a major, four-hour wave of precision airstrikes, marking the fourth consecutive night of American strikes on Iranian military coastal infrastructure. The bombardments utilized fighter jets, drones, and naval vessels to target Iranian missile and drone sites, coastal defense systems, and naval assets.
- The strategic maneuver effectively terminates a fragile, two-month-old ceasefire, which had temporarily lifted the previous mid-April blockade in exchange for Iranian commitments to allow safe commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
- The rapid escalation follows a series of reciprocal hostilities, including Iranian retaliatory strikes against U.S. military installations in Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as a series of Iranian attacks on commercial tankers in the strait over the past week.
- President Trump issued a stern warning of even harsher actions next week if Tehran refuses to negotiate a new agreement, threatening that future U.S. operations could expand to strike critical Iranian infrastructure like inland bridges and power plants.
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US launches new strikes against Iran as escalation threatens shipping
The U.S. conducted a new wave of strikes against Iran’s coastal defence systems and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, while Iran threatened to shut off more regional energy exports. The daytime strikes mark the latest escalation of attacks and counterattacks launched by the two sides as they vie […]
US reimposes blockade, steps up strikes as Iran threatens to halt energy exports - American Press
The U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign Wednesday in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The American strikes hit an Iranian army barracks, killed at least seven troops and wounded more than 260 people across the country, Iranian officials said. Days of back-and-forth strikes by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East — and renewed threats to the water…
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - The recent blockade of the Strait of Ormuz has withdrawn a third of the global supply of fertilizers, in the international market analyses Jacques Chirac's former agricultural advisor, Hervé Lejeune. As a result, an increase in the price of fertilizers of more than 30% is expected this year, he adds.
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