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U.S. reimposes naval blockade as strikes intensify and Iran threatens to stop all Mideast energy exports
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The U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign Wednesday in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
Key facts
- Iran took control of three islands, Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb, from what would become the United Arab Emirates in 1971
- Within 17 hours of reimposing the blockade on Iranian ports, Central Command said U.S. forces had “redirected” two commercial vessels attempting to run the blockade
- Including those at the barracks, more than 30 people have been killed in recent days, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said, without elaborating
- Brad Cooper, who leads Central Command, said that Iran had launched dozens of missiles and drones at neighboring Gulf Arab countries
Summary
Days of back-and-forth strikes by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East, and renewed threats to the waterway crucial to global energy supplies, have shredded the interim deal to end the conflict and the region could tip back into all-out war. The U.S. first imposed a blockade in April and then lifted it last month after signing the interim deal that paused the fighting and set a 60-day period for negotiations over issues such as Iran’s nuclear program. When the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Iran on Feb. 28, Tehran effectively closed the waterway to shipping traffic, a move that sent the price of oil, fertilizer and many other goods soaring far beyond the region and gave Iran major leverage in negotiations.