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U.S. president Donald Trump cancels a proposal to implement a 20% fee on cargo ships transiting through the strait.
Confirmed
The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. In a Truth Social post earlier in the day, Trump said the US was reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and would impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.
The UAE accused Iran of a "brazen" attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing one and wounding eight, as Donald Trump said the US would impose a 20% charge as part of a new blockade on the waterway.
He said this would stop "Iran's ships or customers" from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but "all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait". Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later confirmed the strikes via a statement to Telegram, where it said two tankers had ignored warnings, turned off navigation systems and attempted to pass through a mined route.
The US president said they were hitting Iran "very hard" as strikes were launched for the third consecutive night amid escalating attacks between the two countries. "The US military continues to support traffic flow through regional waters for all vessels not violating the blockade," a Centcom statement said.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the US was "hitting them very hard". The U.S. carried out another wave of strikes on Iran as it reimposed a blockade, striking dozens of targets over seven hours, the U.S. military’s Central Command said Wednesday.
Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would retaliate and “respond in action and protect what we believe in, every inch of our soil.
What's confirmed
- The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
- In a Truth Social post earlier in the day, Trump said the US was reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and would impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.
- The UAE accused Iran of a "brazen" attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing one and wounding eight, as Donald Trump said the US would impose a 20% charge as part of a new blockade on the waterway.
- He said this would stop "Iran's ships or customers" from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but "all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait".
- The US president said they were hitting Iran "very hard" as strikes were launched for the third consecutive night amid escalating attacks between the two countries.
- Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the US was "hitting them very hard".
What's still developing
- The U.S. carried out another wave of strikes on Iran as it reimposed a blockade, striking dozens of targets over seven hours, the U.S. military’s Central Command said Wednesday.
- Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would retaliate and “respond in action and protect what we believe in, every inch of our soil.
- The UAE accused Iran of a "brazen" attack on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, killing one and wounding eight, as Donald Trump said the US would impose a 20% charge as part of a new blockade on the waterway.
- The US president said they were hitting Iran "very hard" as strikes were launched for the third consecutive night amid escalating attacks between the two countries.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later confirmed the strikes via a statement to Telegram, where it said two tankers had ignored warnings, turned off navigation systems and attempted to pass through a…
- He said this would stop "Iran's ships or customers" from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but "all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait".
- Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the US was "hitting them very hard".
- "The US military continues to support traffic flow through regional waters for all vessels not violating the blockade," a Centcom statement said.