US-Iran War News Updates: Iran Responds To US Attack Near Bandar Abbas
US and Iran tensions continue even as the conflict completes the three month mark with both sides remain uncertain about the way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: As the US-Iran conflict completes three months, Washington carried out fresh strikes in Tehran, while both countries remained at odds over how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
US forces launched airstrikes on a military site, Bloomberg reported citing a US official, who called the attack defensive. They also shot down drones targeted at a commercial ship, and struck a launching unit.
Prior to this, US President Donald Trump said he was “not satisfied” with the talks, as the White House denied an Iranian report on a draft agreement that mentioned Tehran and Oman would monitor the Srait of Hormuz, a key waterway for global supply chain. “The strait's going to be open to everybody,” Trump said, adding the US will “watch over it.”
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US-Iran War Live News Updates: US Warns Oman Amid Hormuz Blockade: Will Target Any Actors Involved In Facilitating Tolls In Strait
The United States issued a sharp and direct warning to its ally Oman on Thursday, threatening aggressive sanctions against any nation or entity found facilitating Iran's attempts to impose a tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered the warning in an unambiguous post on X.
"The United States Government will not tolerate any effort to impose a tolling system in the Strait of Hormuz. Oman, in particular, should know that the US Treasury will aggressively target any actors involved — directly or indirectly — in facilitating tolls for the Strait and any willing partners will be penalised," Bessent said.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Iran’s Mojtaba Amid US Peace Deal Deadlock
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a sharp warning on Thursday, accusing enemy powers of pivoting from military pressure to internal subversion in their bid to bring Iran to heel.
The remarks came as peace negotiations with the United States remained deadlocked and fresh exchanges of fire rattled a fragile ceasefire.
"The enemy's plan and scheme, following the imposed war, economic pressures, and the advertising and political siege, is to create division and social disintegration in order to compensate for the defeats in the military field and to bring the nation to its knees," Khamenei said, in a statement carried by his official media channel.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Trump's Stance On Hormuz Closure
“Nobody’s going to control it. It’s international waters,” Trump said Wednesday at the White House. “The strait’s going to be open to everybody” and the US will “watch over it.”
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Conflict Enters 90th Day
The US and Iran tensions continue as the conflict enters 90th day with Washington launching fresh attacks against Tehran, while uncertainty over reopening of Hormuz strait remains.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: US Cooking Gas Buyers Cancel Orders
Some US LPG buyers have cancelled shipments that would be bound for Asia following a surge in freight rates due to the Middle East. Nearly two cargoes scheduled to load next month from export terminals on the US Gulf Coast have been cancelled, and some buyers are in talks to terminate more shipments, Bloomberg reported citing people aware of the development.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: US Attacks Four Iranian Drones
US Central Command has claimed to attack four Iranian drones and confirmed more strikes on a manufacturing facility in Iran.
(Source: Al Jazeera)
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Fed Vice Chair's Inflation Warning Over High Energy Costs Due To War
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson shared his expectation that the inflation to cool later this year with the impact of tariffs and higher energy costs calm down, though he warned of continuing upside inflationary risks.
In the text of a speech to be delivered Thursday morning in Tokyo at a conference hosted by the Bank of Japan, Jefferson said he is looking for signs that higher energy costs due to the Iran war are dragging on consumer spending.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Three Blasts Heard In Bandar Abbas
According to Iranian media reports, three explosions were heard in the morning towards the port city of Bandar Abbas at the Strait of Hormuz.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Kuwait Faces Missile Attack
Kuwait has claimed that it has been targeted with a missile and drone attack, without providing further details on the incident. The attack came after US reportedly carried out strikes again targeting Iran during the a fragile ceasefire.
(Source: PTI)
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Oil Investments Drop
Investments in oil projects will fall for the third consecutive year following supply shock from the Middle East. Even with higher oil prices, spending on oil projects is set to drop below $500 billion in 2026, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Investment report.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Iranian Navy Confronted US Oil Tanker
IRGC Navy reportedly confronted a US oil tanker trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz when they were switching off their radar system.
(Source: Al Jazeera via Tasnim news agency)
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Iran Claims To Attack US
Iranian forces have ckaimed that an 'American airbase' has been targeted in response to US attack near Bandar Abbas.
(Source: Al Jazeera)
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Where Did US Attack?
According to Iranian media, US forces attacked towards Bandar Abbas port, so casualities have been reported so far.
US-Iran War Live News Updates: Oil Hits $96 Amid Fresh Tensions
Oil gained gained a drop of over 5% on Wednesday, as US forces made fresh strikes in Iran, while Washington and Tehran remained at odds over how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Brent rose above $96 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate was near $90.
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