As a dispute over control of the Strait of Hormuz threatens to sabotage diplomatic efforts to end their war, the US and Iran have exchanged another round of attacks. In an effort to make it more difficult for Iranian forces to strike commercial ships in the vital Gulf waterway, the US military claimed to have struck dozens of targets overnight. Two people were killed, according to Iranian media.
The Revolutionary Guards of Iran later claimed to have assaulted US military installations in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Oman, where officials claimed to have intercepted projectiles.
Iran declared it has closed the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. However, the US maintained that traffic was flowing and that it was not under Iranian control. According to information from the website MarineTraffic, a few ships seemed to be passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday even though traffic was still prohibited.
The tentative agreement that the United States and Iran struck in June to terminate their four-month confrontation and reopen the strait—through which around 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) typically pass has come under scrutiny due to the increasing attacks. Due to the resumed hostilities, the price of crude oil increased by more than 2% on Monday.
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