Giant industrial vessels and a small boat navigate the waters off the southern port metropolis of Bandar Abbas, Iran on June 21, 2026.
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A tanker within the Strait of Hormuz was reported to have been struck by a projectile on Saturday, the newest escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran in latest days following an interim settlement to finish hostilities within the area.
The U.Okay. Maritime Commerce Operations Centre stated a vessel within the strait was hit by an “unidentified projectile,” with injury to the bridge however the crew was reported to be protected. Bahrain additionally on Saturday condemned an Iranian drone strike as a “blatant violation” of its sovereignty.
The contemporary assaults come because the U.S. and Iran are presupposed to be participating in a 60-day ceasefire as they maintain talks to finish their struggle. However each have accused the opposite of violating their finish of the settlement.
The U.S. navy struck Iran on Friday after President Donald Trump accused the Islamic Republic of “silly violation” of a ceasefire settlement by launching drone assaults at ships within the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command stated its plane “struck Iranian missile and drone storage places and coastal radar websites.”
That comes after a drone assault by Iran on Thursday struck the Singapore-flagged cargo ship Ever Pretty within the strait off the coast of Oman, Central Command stated in a put up on X. The vessel continued on its method by way of the strait, a significant thoroughfare for oil shipments.
Iran has in a roundabout way commented on experiences of particular assaults on ships. Nevertheless, state media reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp had fired “warning pictures” in the direction of unspecified ships not authorised by Iran trying to cross by way of channels, Reuters reported.
The renewed assaults come greater than every week after Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding geared toward growing a everlasting peace deal to finish the struggle between their two nations.
Vice President JD Vance traveled to Switzerland final weekend for talks with Iranian counterparts about that deal.
Vance, in a put up on X on Friday, wrote, “Iran signed a ceasefire settlement. We’ve got honored it.”
“If they’ve disagreements about how the MOU is being utilized, they will choose up the cellphone,” Vance wrote. “However violence will probably be met with violence.
Shortly earlier than Central Command introduced the retaliatory strikes on Friday, Trump was requested by a reporter on the White Home if there could be penalties for Iran for violating the ceasefire.
“You may discover out,” the president replied.
After the U.S. strikes, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stated in an announcement: “Following the violation of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon, a number of hours in the past, the treaty-breaking US regime, as all the time, violated its commitments and, beneath numerous pretexts, attacked the coasts of the Islamic Republic of Iran with an airstrike because of the passage of a violating ship by way of an unauthorized route within the Strait of Hormuz.”
“The IRGC Navy responded to this aggression by putting the positions of the US terrorist military within the area,” the IRGC stated.
“In accordance with clause 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the preparations for controlling passage within the Strait of Hormuz are with the Islamic Republic of Iran; nevertheless, the US, by scary numerous events, sought to violate this dedication, to which a essential response was given, and this would be the case any longer.”
“If the aggression is repeated, our response will probably be broader than this,” the IRGC stated.
Ebrahim Azizi, the top of the nationwide safety fee of the Iranian parliament, in a put up on X stated, “The U.S. attacked Iran in the course of negotiations as soon as once more.”
“The failed U.S. President has proven he has no dedication to the ideas of negotiation or a ceasefire,” Azizi stated.
“This reckless violation of the ceasefire will, as all the time, result in retreat and remorse on their half. The blame sport doesn’t work anymore.”
— CNBC’s Dan Mangan contributed to this report.
