US-Iran news LIVE: “We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it,” Trump said.
US-Iran war news LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Monday said America would be reinstating the naval blockade on Iran, while adding that other countries would have “fair and open use” of the Strait of Hormuz. However, the US President said America would be known as the “guardian” of the strait and be reimbursed at the rate of 20 per cent on all cargo shipped, adding that this “process” would begin immediately….Read More
Iran’s top joint military command had earlier said Tehran would not allow Washington to intervene in the management of the waterway.
Meanwhile, at least one person was killed and seven others were injured in a US strike on a military base in Nain city in Iran’s central Isfahan province, according to Iranian media. The deputy governor of Isfahan said the casualties occurred “following an attack by the terrorist American army”, with the injured receiving treatment as per Al Jazeera.
That makes the death toll of the latest US strikes in Iran to at least two people, according to Iranian media.
Iran said it would not implement its commitments under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States unless Washington fulfilled its own obligations under the agreement, Reuters reported citing the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson.
Fresh US-Iran strikes
Iran on Monday shot down a US-manufactured ‘Lucas’ suicide drone over Bandar Abbas. The drone was “accurately hit and shot down”, the country’s Tasnim news agency reported.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched retaliatory strikes on US military bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, according to Iranian state media. They claimed to launch a fifth wave of retaliatory attacks, targeting US-linked military facilities in Bahrain and radar installations in Oman with missiles and drones.
The US military, earlier, said it struck dozens of targets at multiple locations across Iran. The targets included Iranian military air defence systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The operation involved US fighter aircraft, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones and, for the first time, one-way attack sea drones.
At least two dead, 11 injured in US attacks in Iran
At least two people were killed, and 11 injured in US strikes on Iran since Sunday. One person was killed, and seven others were injured in a US attack near Nain county in Iran’s Isfahan province, Mehr news agency reported. On Sunday, one person was killed and four others were injured after a US projectile struck an agricultural water pumping station in Mahshahr in Iran’s Khuzestan province early, provincial authorities said.
According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, the person killed was a security guard at the facility. Khuzestan Deputy Governor for Security and Law Enforcement Valiollah Hayati said emergency and medical teams were treating the injured.
Air raid sirens were activated across Bahrain, the country’s interior ministry said. The alerts sounded at dawn Monday in Bahrain, home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet. There was no immediate word on damage, AFP reported.
Fresh strikes
The United States launched a fresh missiles on southern Iran on Sunday. Iranian state media reported explosions in the southern port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Jask, as well as on Qeshm Island, hours after Washington said it carried out another round of attacks targeting Iranian military assets.
The latest strikes follow a day of intense military exchanges. The US military said it struck at least 140 targets across Iran, while Tehran responded with attacks targeting US military bases and facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Jordan.
Kuwait said Iranian strikes hit border posts and an oil rig, while Qatar reported injuries caused by intercepted projectiles. Oman, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates also said they detected incoming fire during the weekend.
Hormuz remains flashpoint
The Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of all this. Washington and Tehran have issued conflicting claims over the status of one of the world’s busiest oil shipping lanes.
US President Donald Trump has insisted that the waterway remains “open”. Iran, though, maintains that maritime traffic will not be permitted until “stability and calm are restored”, according to the country’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority.
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Jul 13, 2026, 23:50:01 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran ‘always been the guardian’ of Strait of Hormuz ‘and will remain so forever’: FM Araghchi
Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi has said the country has “always been the guardian of the Strait and will remain so forever.”
This comes after President Trump announced that the US will levy a charge on vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on X, Araghchi shared his full statement: “POTUS is absolutely right. Whoever provides secure and safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz should be compensated for this service. Iran has always been the GUARDIAN of the Strait and will remain so FOREVER. 20% is of course too much. We will be fair.”
Jul 13, 2026, 23:26:26 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Houthi official says group will target Saudi Arabia’s ‘vital infrastructure’
US-Iran war latest updates: As per Al Jazeera, a member of the Houthi group’s political bureau, Mohammad al-Bukhaiti, has said the group will hit Saudi Arabia’s “vital infrastructure” in response to the attack on Sanaa airport, according to local media.
Jul 13, 2026, 22:53:36 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran ‘defending’ Hormuz so that it doesn’t ‘pay tribute to enemy’ in future, says official
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran will continue to fight for control over the Strait of Hormuz, a senior official said after US President Donald Trump’s remarks that America would be the “guardian” of the waterway.
“We defend it so that in the future – for the passage of our ships – we are not forced to pay tribute to the enemy,” Mohammed Mokhber, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said in a post on X. He added, “Retreating from this vital matter has no place in the mind of any friend of Iran.”
Jul 13, 2026, 22:39:37 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: UN chief expresses concern over military escalation in West Asia
US-Iran war LIVE: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has raised concern regarding the renewed escalation of military confrontation in West Asia.
Guterres expressed “deep concern at the serious escalation of renewed military confrontation in the Gulf region, including Iranian attacks on ships on the Strait of Hormuz, attacks by the United States on the Islamic Republic of Iran, and attacks by Iran on targets in neighboring countries”, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, according to AFP.
Jul 13, 2026, 22:04:19 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran-born engineer convicted in US of exporting tech to Iran
US-Iran war LIVE: An Iranian-born engineer was convicted on Monday of US charges accusing him of conspiringto illegally export technology with potential application in military drones to a company in Iran whose customers included the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Reuters news agency reported.
The dual US-Iranian citizen, identified as Mahdi Sadeghi, was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston on three counts. He had worked at Analog Devices prior to his December 2024 arrest. The jury found Sadeghi not guilty on two other counts alleging violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Jul 13, 2026, 21:46:43 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: UN’s shipping agency against charging fees for any strait used for international navigation
US-Iran war LIVE: The International Maritime Organisation is against charging feeds for any strait used for international navigation, its spokesperson said, according to Reuters news agency. The UN shipping agency said it is awaiting further details on the comment made by US President Donald Trump regarding America charging 20 per cent for cargo shipping through Hormuz.
The spokesperson said there was no legal basis for introducing mandatory tolls for transit through a strait.
Jul 13, 2026, 21:34:08 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Some ships still crossing Hormuz despite security threat
US-Iran war LIVE: A small number of vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, despite the heightened security threats, AFP reported. According to data from maritime tracker Kpler, 14 vessels, half of which were commercial ships, crossed on Sunday.
Jul 13, 2026, 20:47:48 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: US forces struck Iranian submarine, ship maintenance facility, says CENTCOM
US-Iran war LIVE: US forces struck an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran on Sunday using one-way attack drones, the US Central Command said on Monday.
“Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat operations. Last night’s strikes degraded Iran’s ability to continue attacking commercial shipping,” the CENTCOM said in a post on X.
Jul 13, 2026, 20:44:02 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: After brief closure, Yemen reopens all airports
US-Iran war LIVE: After a brief closure, the Yemen civil aviation authority issued a circular informing airlines that all airports nationwide had reopened, Reuters news agency reported.
Yemen’s internationally-recognised government said it struck Houthi-controlled Sanaa airport on Monday, its biggest flare-up in years with the rebels, who blamed the authorities’ Saudi backers for the attack and threatened retaliation.
The government had then ordered all airports in the country shut.
Jul 13, 2026, 20:23:55 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: US, brent crude futures jump 5% after Trump says reinstating Iran naval blockade
US-Iran war LIVE: Brent crude futures jumped 5 per cent after US President Donald Trump said America was reinstating the naval blockade on Iran, Reuters news agency reported.
Jul 13, 2026, 20:05:38 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Trump says US reinstating naval blockade on Iran
US-Iran war LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Monday said US would reinstate the naval blockade on Iran. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving.”
He said the other countries will have “fair and open use” of the waterway, adding that the US would be known as the “guardian of the Hormuz strait.” “The process and formation will begin immediately,” the US President added.
Jul 13, 2026, 19:58:16 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Trump says US will be reimbursed 20% on all cargo shipped through Hormuz
US-Iran war LIVE: US President Donald Trump said on Monday said US would be reinstating the naval blockade in Iran, adding that Washington would also be reimbursed 20 per cent on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the process would begin immediately, without elaborating.
Jul 13, 2026, 19:24:46 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran’s Guards accuse US of endangering global oil supply
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday accused the US of endangering global oil supply, AFP reported. This came even as oil prices rose amid exchange of fire between Iran and US in West Asia, with the Strait of Hormuz in focus.
Jul 13, 2026, 18:45:44 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran says won’t allow US to intervene in management of Hormuz
US-Iran war LIVE: After US President Donald Trump’s remarks, Iran’s top joint military command on Monday said Tehran would not allow America to intervene in the management of Hormuz.
Trump had earlier claimed US would be the “guardian angel” of Hormuz, and would be “paid” to run it.
Jul 13, 2026, 18:33:33 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iranian plane lands in Yemen after strikes on Sanaa airport to prevent it from landing
US-Iran war LIVE: An Iranian plane carrying a Houthi delegation back from Tehran has landed in Yemen, the rebels said Monday, after Yemen’s government said it struck Sanaa airport to prevent the aircraft from landing, AFP reported.
Houthi broadcaster al-Masirah quoted the group’s transport minister as saying “the Iranian plane has landed on the homeland’s soil, carrying a number of medical patients and stranded citizens, accompanied by the official delegation of the Republic of Yemen.”
Jul 13, 2026, 18:32:02 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Germany, France, UK condemn Iranian attacks on Hormuz and on other Gulf states
US-Iran war LIVE: The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain condemned on Monday Iran’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on countries in the region, Reuters news agency reported.
“We condemn Iran’s heinous attacks on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on countries in the region, including Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan,” the ministers said in a joint statement.
Jul 13, 2026, 18:04:41 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Trump says US to be ‘guardian’ of Hormuz and ‘probably run it’
US-Iran war LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Monday said America would “probably” take over the Strait of Hormuz and “run it.”
“We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it. We’ll become the guardian of the strait. Maybe we’ll call it the guardian angel of the strait. And we should be reimbursed for that,” he said in a phone interview to Fox News.
Jul 13, 2026, 17:51:24 IST
US-Iran news LIVE: ‘They’re a bad group of people,’ says Trump on Iran
US-Iran news LIVE: US and Iran have traded strikes and threats over the past few days, threatening the interim ceasefire they signed. Regarding Iran, US President Donald Trump on Monday told Fox News, “They’re a bad group of people.”
Jul 13, 2026, 17:17:17 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: UKMTO says it received reports of incident south of Yemen’s Aden
US-Iran war LIVE: The UKMTO said it has received reports of an incident 50nm south of Yemen’s Aden. It said a tanker travelling east in the IRTC had reported being approached by six small boats approaching from the starboard side, Reuters news agency reported.
One small boat, the tanker said, had closed to 5 cables, and the AST on the vessel had fired warning shots, UKMTO said.
Jul 13, 2026, 17:14:22 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: IRGC, IMCR first bodies to be designated under new state threats powers
US-Iran war LIVE: The UK government on Monday said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Islamic Movement of Companions of the Right (IMCR) would be the first bodies to be outlawed under the landmark state threats powers, Reuters news agency reported.
Jul 13, 2026, 17:10:41 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Houthi forces vow response to Saudi strikes
US-Iran war LIVE: The Houthi forces have vowed a response to Saudi strikes on the Sanaa airport in Yemen, AFP reported.
Jul 13, 2026, 17:01:07 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Houthi rebels say Yemen airport struck by Saudi strikes
US-Iran war LIVE: The Houthi rebels on Monday said the Sanaa airport in Yemen was struck by Saudi strikes, the Associated Press reported.
Jul 13, 2026, 17:00:14 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: UK bans IRGC, lists it as terror group over attacks on Britain’s Jewish community
US-Iran war LIVE: The United Kingdom on Monday banned Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), proscribing it as a terrorist organisation, Sky News reported.
The UK government said an Iran-backed group was behind the attacks on Britain’s Jewish community.
Jul 13, 2026, 16:29:38 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: At least two killed in US strikes in Iran’s Abadan
US-Iran war LIVE: After explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas and Qesh Island, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported that at least two people were killed in US strikes in Abadan.
Jul 13, 2026, 15:51:04 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Bahrain says its air defences intercepted, destroyed several Iran aerial attacks
US-Iran war LIVE: Bahrain has said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial attacks on Monday morning, according to a statement.
Jul 13, 2026, 15:25:06 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Oil rises as the US carries out another wave of strikes in Iran
US-Iran war LIVE: Oil gained Monday after the US carried out another wave of strikes against Iran, with the two sides disputing whether the Strait of Hormuz was open, Bloomberg reported.
Global benchmark Brent earlier approached $80, before paring some of the increase. Fresh uncertainty over flows through the world’s most important energy choke point has reinserted a war premium into crude prices, erasing some of the declines seen in May and June after an interim peace deal unleashed more supply.
Jul 13, 2026, 15:23:53 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Trump’s ‘decimate and destroy’ response to Iran’s alleged assassination plot
US-Iran war LIVE: US President Donald Trump warned Iran that the US military would “completely decimate and destroy all areas” of the Islamic Republic if its leaders attempted or carried out his assassination.
In a post on Truth Social late Friday, Trump wrote, “1,000 missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat, pronounced in many corners of the Globe, to assassinate, or attempt to assassinate, the sitting President of the United States of America, in this case, ME!”
“Orders have been given, and the US Military is ready, willing and able,” he added.
Jul 13, 2026, 15:21:12 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: As tensions in West Asia escalate again, China tells refiners to keep fuel output high
US-Iran war LIVE: As tensions between US and Iran escalated again, China has directed its major refiners to keep fuel production high, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg.
In the early stages of the Iran war, concerns over local fuel availability prompted China to curb sales of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to overseas customers.
Jul 13, 2026, 15:02:43 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Explosions heard around Iran’s Bandar Abbbas, Qeshm Island
US-Iran war LIVE: Hours after at least one person was killed and seven were injured in a US attack near Nain county, explosions were also heard around Iran’s Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island, Mehr news agency reported.
Jul 13, 2026, 15:00:34 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: IRGC says US facilities struck in Gulf nations
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they had targeted US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, destroyed radar systems in Oman, and hit fuel tanks and ammunition depots at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan in response to US strikes, Reuters news agency reported.
US and Iran forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone attacks over the weekend and into Monday.
Jul 13, 2026, 14:51:53 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: China calls for ‘free and safe’ navigation in Strait of Hormuz
US-Iran war LIVE: China has called for “free” and “safe” passage through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the strategic waterway should remain open for international navigation.
Speaking in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said the issue should be “properly handled” and that restoring safe passage serves the interests of all countries.
Jul 13, 2026, 14:48:08 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: EU discusses import ban on goods from Israeli settlements
US-Iran war LIVE: European Union member states have discussed imposing an import ban on products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank amid mounting pressure from several member countries.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said “Everybody agrees that the situation in the West Bank is really intolerable.” He added, “What is happening in the West Bank is actually making it more and more impossible that the two-state solution ever can come into effect.”
Several countries, including Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain, have already introduced trade restrictions on goods from Israeli settlements, which are considered illegal under international law, amid rising settler violence. (Al Jazeera)
Jul 13, 2026, 14:38:40 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran embassy in Mumbai says MoU obligations on hold ‘as long as’ US breaches commitments
US-Iran war LIVE: The Iranian Consulate in Mumbai has posted that it will not implement its commitments under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States unless Washington fulfils its own obligations.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said, “As long as the United States continues violating its commitments, Iran will likewise refrain from implementing the obligations it has undertaken, based on the principle of reciprocal compliance.”
Jul 13, 2026, 14:15:48 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: ‘There cannot be no tolls, no fees’, says EU’s Kallas on Strait of Hormuz
US-Iran war LIVE: European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas said the European Union will engage Gulf countries on regional security, stressing that the Strait of Hormuz must return to the status quo with unrestricted commercial navigation.
Saying the Iran-US interim deal is “not really holding”, Kallas said EU foreign ministers would discuss “what kind of messages we can send that the Strait of Hormuz has to be opened, freedom of navigation has to be respected, there cannot be no tolls, no fees for navigation there”.
Jul 13, 2026, 14:13:53 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: ‘Our people will not mourn’ Lindsey Graham, says Iran
Senator Lindsey Graham was in Ukraine before his demise on July 11. (AP Photo)
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran has sharply criticised late US Senator Lindsey Graham, describing the outspoken Iran hawk as “malicious” a day after his sudden death at the age of 71.
“Our people will not mourn a man whose philosophy on life was aggression and intimidation,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said. “His entire being was malicious,” he added, while also describing Graham as “hot-tempered”.
Jul 13, 2026, 14:10:04 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: ‘No one can accuse Iran of violating its promises’, says Tehran
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran has defended its compliance with the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with the United States, insisting it has fulfilled all of its commitments. “No one can accuse the Islamic Republic of Iran of violating its promises,” foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said.
He added that “our obligations and those of the other party are clear” and claimed “it can be proven in a documented manner that the other party has violated various parts of this memorandum of understanding under various pretexts.”
Jul 13, 2026, 13:49:11 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: At least 2 killed, many wounded in US strike on Iran
US-Iran war LIVE: At least one person was killed and seven others were injured in a US strike on a military base in Nain city in Iran’s central Isfahan province, according to Iranian media. Two died in Iran all together.
The deputy governor of Isfahan said the casualties occurred “following an attack by the terrorist American army”, with the injured receiving treatment.
It is the second reported fatality in Iran on Monday after Iranian media earlier said one person was killed and four others were wounded in a US strike on an agricultural water pumping station in Mahshahr, Al Jazeera reported.
Jul 13, 2026, 13:43:54 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran says it has acted in good faith, asks US to do the same
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran called on the United States to fulfil its obligations under the interim memorandum of understanding, warning that Tehran would no longer implement the agreement if Washington failed to honour its commitments.
“Iran has entered every negotiation with meticulousness and seriousness keeping in mind the interests and concerns of the Iranian nation,” foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran.
“Once an understanding has been reached it has acted in good faith and seriousness in fulfilling its commitments,” he said. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has never been the first to violate its commitments.”
Baghaei said Iran would stop implementing the memorandum of understanding if the United States did not uphold its side of the agreement to end the war.
“Each time the other party has failed to meet its obligations, we did not uphold ours… We will continue to act in this manner,” he said.
Jul 13, 2026, 13:40:13 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran says mediators remain engaged in US talks
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said mediators are continuing efforts to facilitate talks between Tehran and Washington, including in recent days, despite the renewed escalation between the two countries. (Reuters)
Jul 13, 2026, 13:34:32 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: France says no Iran sanctions relief without renouncing nuclear programme
US-Iran war LIVE: France has said there will be no sanctions relief for Iran unless Tehran clearly renounces its nuclear programme.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told French media that there would be “no lifting of sanctions” on Iran as long as it had not “renounced its nuclear programme”.
Barrot had said last month that France wanted to play a role in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme and would not support lifting United Nations sanctions unless it was satisfied with the terms of a final peace agreement between the US and Iran.
France is one of the five permanent, veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council.
Jul 13, 2026, 13:19:29 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran says US pressure on Oman hampered Hormuz mechanism talks
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said Tehran has been trying to establish a joint mechanism with Oman to manage the Strait of Hormuz, but claimed the efforts were hindered by US pressure on Muscat. The remarks come amid escalating tensions over the strategic waterway, with Washington and Tehran at odds over navigation and security in the strait. (Reuters)
Jul 13, 2026, 13:08:38 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran says it won’t implement MoU commitments unless US complies
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran said it will not implement its commitments under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States unless Washington fulfils its own obligations under the agreement, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
“Iran will not execute its commitments in the MoU with the US as long as the other party is not fulfilling its commitments,” the spokesperson said. (Reuters)
Jul 13, 2026, 13:00:53 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Only 6 ships crossed Strait of Hormuz on Sunday – a 5-week low
US-Iran war LIVE: Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to its lowest level in five weeks as renewed military exchanges between the US and Iran heighten risks along the key global energy route.
According to Kpler shipping data, only six vessels transited the strait on Sunday, including the Very Large Crude Carrier Humanity, carrying about two million barrels of Iranian oil, and the Capetan Andreas, transporting around 500,000 barrels of Kuwaiti petroleum products. Three empty tankers also entered the Gulf to load oil.
Jul 13, 2026, 12:45:31 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: How the war flared up again
US-Iran war LIVE: The latest escalation between the US and Iran has placed last month’s ceasefire and memorandum of understanding under severe strain.
The renewed war began on July 6, when Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly attacked three commercial vessels, including a Qatari LNG tanker, off the coast of Oman. The US responded the next day with strikes on Iranian military targets. Tehran launched missile and drone attacks on US-linked military bases across the Gulf.
Tensions deepened on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire was effectively over.
On Saturday, the IRGC announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after attacking a container ship it said was using an “unapproved route”.
This triggered another round of US strikes on Iranian targets, particularly along the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran retaliated by targeting US-linked facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan and Qatar, and claimed further attacks on vessels in the strategic waterway.
Jul 13, 2026, 12:14:32 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Qatar’s Father Emir remembered for landmark Gaza visit that challenged Israeli blockade
US-Iran war LIVE: Following the death of Qatar’s Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, he is being remembered for his longstanding support for the Palestinian cause, particularly his landmark 2012 visit to the Gaza Strip.
Six years after Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza, Sheikh Hamad became the first Arab and Muslim leader to visit the territory, accompanied by his wife, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, and a senior delegation.
The visit was widely seen as defying Gaza’s political isolation and was welcomed by large crowds. Hamas diaspora chief Khaled Meshaal described the visit as a symbolic breaking of the blockade, saying Sheikh Hamad stood with Gaza “in its darkest circumstances” and remembered him as “intelligent, brave and a man of principles.”
Jul 13, 2026, 11:26:51 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran says US-made ‘Lucas’ drone shot down over Bandar Abbas
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran claimed on Monday that it had shot down a US-manufactured “Lucas” suicide drone over Bandar Abbas. The country’s Tasnim news agency reported that the drone was “accurately hit and shot down”.
Jul 13, 2026, 11:24:39 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Bahrain activates sirens for a 3rd time today amid Iranian retaliatory strikes
US-Iran war LIVE: The country’s interior ministry wrote on X, “The alarm siren has been activated. Citizens and residents are requested to remain calm, head to the nearest safe location, and follow updates through official channels.”
Jul 13, 2026, 11:10:18 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran claims fifth wave of strikes on Bahrain, Oman
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it launched the fifth phase of its retaliatory operation, targeting “installations and infrastructure of the aggressive US army” in AlJuffair, Bahrain, and the “FPS long-range aerial radar and the vessel detection radar in Oman” with missiles and drones, Al Jazeera reported.
The IRGC claimed the radar systems in Oman were destroyed and said “the only way to open the Strait of Hormuz to vessel traffic is to end the interventions of the aggressive US military in this strait and respect the sovereignty of countries over their own coastal waters”. It warned that “continuing these interventions will lead to greater incidents in the world’s oil and gas sector.”
The claims have not been independently verified.
Jul 13, 2026, 11:08:01 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: What Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain did after Iran fired retaliatory strikes
US-Iran war LIVE: Kuwait said its air defence systems engaged “hostile aerial targets” inside its airspace after Iran launched retaliatory strikes targeting US-linked military facilities in the region. The Kuwaiti military said any explosions heard were caused by air defence interceptions and urged residents to follow safety instructions. Jordan also said it intercepted four missiles fired from Iranian territory, while Bahrain activated warning sirens.
Jul 13, 2026, 10:57:08 IST
US-Iran war LIVE: ‘Fourth phase’ of Iran’s retaliation in Kuwait
US-Iran war LIVE: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched a fourth phase of retaliatory attacks on Kuwait, targeting a US surface-to-surface missile base.
The IRGC claimed it destroyed two HIMARS missile launchers and missile storage facilities, Al Jazeera reported.
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