After an attack on a civilian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, the US struck Iran’s missile and drone depots and radar facilities. In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on US military bases in the Middle East.
The Central Command of the US Armed Forces (CENTCOM) reported that a number of military facilities in Iran were struck in the evening of June 26. Washington made this move as a firm response to the attack on a merchant ship moving through the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. assessed.
According to CENTCOM, US warplanes targeted Iran’s missile and drone storage facilities, as well as coastal radar sites. The American side said that on June 25 it was sailing under the Singaporean flag Ever Lovely A cargo ship was attacked by a kamikaze drone while leaving the Strait of Hormuz towards the coast of Oman.
The US military described the attack as an unjustified aggression and openly violated the ceasefire agreement.
In response, Iran announced that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had fired missiles at US military facilities in the Middle East. In a statement, the corps warned that the response would be far more extensive if such actions were repeated by the US.
Iranian officials, in turn, insist that the terms of the agreement have not been violated. According to them, the document signed with Washington gave Tehran the right to control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The statement of IIMK said that the US tried to derail this agreement through various provocations, and therefore an appropriate response was given.
Ever Lovely The attack on the ship was the first such incident since the June 17 agreement between the United States and Iran to cease hostilities and reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The incident came hours after the IIMC announced that safe shipping would be ensured only through lanes controlled by Iran.
The further escalation has also affected international shipping. The International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is part of the UN system, has temporarily suspended the operation to evacuate hundreds of ships and more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Persian Gulf since the start of the war.
At the same time, oil prices on the international market began to rise again. Analysts point out that any tension in the region will have a serious impact on the energy markets, given that most of the world’s oil supply goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump accused Iran of “stupidly not following” the ceasefire regime. He noted that Iran had launched at least four drones at ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
