US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz
US launches new attacks on Iran, killing one person, state media reportsImage source, ReutersImage caption, Two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman.ByHelen Sullivan and Peter HoskinsPublished13 July 2026, 05:06 BSTUpdated 8 minutes agoThe US launched a…
- ▪US launches new attacks on Iran, killing one person, state media reportsImage source, ReutersImage caption, Two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman.ByHelen Sullivan and Peter HoskinsPublished13 July 2026, 05:06 BSTU
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US launches new attacks on Iran, killing one person, state media reportsImage source, ReutersImage caption, Two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman.ByHelen Sullivan and Peter HoskinsPublished13 July 2026, 05:06 BSTUpdated 8 minutes agoThe US launched a new attack on Iran on Sunday evening, continuing days of strikes between the two countries. Iranian state media reported that the strikes killed one person in southwestern Iran, while four were injured.Within hours of the fresh US strikes, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had struck US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.The escalating attacks, which cast doubt over the future of the interim US-Iran agreement signed in June, come amid conflicting claims over whether the Strait of…
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