The USA attacked Iran early Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship within the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left one crew member missing. Iran responded with attacks targeting several countries within the Middle East, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Oman \u2014 the country on the opposite side of the strait that Tehran wants to affix it in managing traffic there.<\/p>\n
The fighting raised recent questions on the interim deal Iran and the U.S. reached on June 17, starting a 60-day period geared toward reaching a everlasting end to the war. The midway point of that period comes inside the week.<\/p>\n
The strait, a key route for the worldwide supply of oil and natural gas, has grow to be the important thing sticking point in negotiations, and fighting over the past week has left negotiations at risk of collapse.<\/p>\n
The U.S. military\u2019s Central Command said it hit some 140 targets in Sunday\u2019s strikes 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
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\u201cWe bombed the hell out of them last night,\u201d President Donald Trump told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d<\/p>\n
Semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported that a navy officer was killed. Iran retaliated by attacking nations within 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
\u201cThe era of one-sided deals is OVER,\u201d Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran\u2019s parliament and a foremost negotiator, wrote. \u201cWe told you: keep your word or pay the value. Reality is knocking.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.S. has launched three rounds of airstrikes targeting Iran within the last week over Iranian attacks on ships heading through the strait using a route off Oman, looking for to avoid the Islamic Republic\u2019s territorial waters.<\/p>\n
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A couple of fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the strait before the war began. Iran\u2019s grip on it led to a worldwide energy crisis, though oil prices have sharply dropped since wartime highs of $120 a barrel.<\/p>\n
The U.S. military and Trump asserted that the strait remained open Sunday. Iran said the strait was closed until calm is restored, and it could consider targeting \u201cadditional enemy bases within the region\u201d if it faced more attacks.<\/p>\n
Oman summons Iranian envoy to protest attack<\/p>\n
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Missile alerts sounded across several Gulf Arab countries early Sunday.<\/p>\n
Qatar\u2019s military said it intercepted incoming Iranian fire, with explosions heard within the neighboring United Arab Emirates. Three people, including a toddler, were wounded in consequence of shrapnel from the interception of Iranian attacks, Qatar\u2019s Interior Ministry said, giving no further details on their condition.<\/p>\n
Missile alerts sounded in Bahrain, an island kingdom within the Persian Gulf home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s fifth Fleet. Kuwait\u2019s military also said it was intercepting incoming fire.<\/p>\n
The Omani state news agency said drones struck sites in an area that sits on the Strait of Hormuz and issued a shelter-in-place warning for residents within the region. The attack got here a day after Oman and Iran held talks on the strait.<\/p>\n
Oman summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the strikes, the primary such move because the war began, calling Iran\u2019s acts \u201cirresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Three Iranian missiles struck areas across Jordan, causing minor damage but no injuries, Jordan\u2019s state news agency reported.<\/p>\n
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