U.S. Launches Strikes After Iran Fires on Ship in Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command said on Saturday evening that it had launched strikes on Iran after the Iranian navy attacked a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting a U.S. ultimatum to open the critical waterway to traffic.Hours earlier, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, had met in Oman with its top diplomat to discuss safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz, but he made no public commitments. The prospect of a reopening seemed dimmer than ever after Iran announced the attack, a warning shot on a container ship, and said it would close the strait “until the end of U.S. interference in the region.”
Iran War Updates: U.S. Launches Strikes After Iran Fires on Ship in Strait of Hormuz
Iran said it was responding to the attack with strikes on U.S. assets in the Middle East. The defense ministries of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar both said they were intercepting strikes.