Iran vows not a ‘single drop’ of oil or gas will pass strait of Hormuz as US carries out ninth night of strikes
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Iran vows not a ‘single drop’ of oil or gas will pass strait of Hormuz as US carries out ninth night of strikes
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has targeted US aircraft in Jordan’s Aqaba airport with ballistic missiles.
It also claimed on Monday that two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised after attempting to transit what it described as an unsafe southern route through the strait of Hormuz, alleging they had been encouraged by the US military to use the passage.
The statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave no details on the vessels’ names, flags, crews or any casualties, Reuters reports, saying it could not immediately verify the incident.
The Guard said the strait would remain unsafe as long as what it called US “aggression” in the region continued, warning that “this passage will not be safe for the transit of petrochemical products, nor even a single drop of oil and gas”.
It also warned the US military to prepare for a “punitive operation”.
Bahrain has just said air raid sirens have sounded there again.
The interior ministry urged people to stay calm and head to the nearest safe location.
About six hours earlier it said in another post on X that its alarm siren had been activated.
The alerts came as Iran has continued to retaliate against US strikes by targeting US-allied countries around the Middle East.
The latest US-Iran hostilities come as the two countries have inched closer to all-out war since last month’s interim deal meant to permanently end the fighting has crumbled and shipping traffic in the strait of Hormuz has largely stalled.
Iran has continued to retaliate against US strikes by hitting American-allied countries throughout the Middle East, with sirens heard in Bahrain early on Monday and Kuwait army later saying its air defences were responding to hostile drones from Iran.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also claimed to have launched a “surprise attack” on an enemy command centre in the Al-Tanf region of Syria, in a statement reported by Iranian state news agency Irna.
After Iran targeted sites in Jordan on Sunday, Israel warned of the danger of the strikes spilling across its borders, reigniting a direct regional conflict that had been restrained even as tensions between the Trump administration and Iran have soared again.
“If Iran fires missiles at Israel, we will attack them with full force,” Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.
The US is expected to send dozens of additional refuelling planes to Israel as part of a reinforcement of its force posture in the region, a US official told Reuters.
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