Zolfaghar and Qadr missiles alongside a metallic mannequin of a mini submarine are displayed at Azadi Sq. because the mutual assaults between Iran and the US, sparked by the parallel routes established within the Strait of Hormuz, intensify day-to-day in Tehran, Iran on July 24, 2026.
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Iran late Tuesday stateside focused U.S. forces within the Center East with a number of ballistic missiles, the U.S. Central Command mentioned, elevating tensions within the Center East that had seen hostilities placed on transient pause.
Centcom in a submit on X mentioned that assault originated from Iran, however all missiles had been intercepted. “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched a number of ballistic missiles from Iran in an tried shock assault on U.S. forces based mostly within the Center East.”
Whereas the U.S. army command didn’t specify the place the assaults had been aimed toward, Axios reported the assault was directed at a U.S. base in Jordan, citing U.S. officers.
The strike comes after a two-day pause in a hostilities between Washington and Tehran that had despatched oil costs decrease. U.S. crude futures surged over 4% to $82.5 per barrel, following the most recent assaults.
U.S. President Donald Trump had put aside plans to escalate the warfare in opposition to Iran amid worries over diminishing stockpiles of Patriot interceptors and different air protection munitions within the Center East, The New York Occasions had reported. Trump had dismissed these issues.
Iran has indicated it would cease finishing up assaults so long as the U.S. shunned putting, Reuters had reported on Sunday, citing a senior Iranian official.
Individually, the U.Okay. Maritime Commerce Operations Centre reported “suspicious exercise,” within the Pink Sea in a submit on X.
The company mentioned the grasp of a tanker reported listening to an explosion while transiting within the southern Pink Sea, with out giving extra particulars. The crew and vessel had been secure, and no environmental injury was reported, it added.
The incident was reported on Monday, whereas the advisory was issued on Tuesday.
Whereas it isn’t confirmed if the reported incident was perpetrated by Houthi rebels within the Pink Sea, it’s recognized that the rebels had claimed to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers within the space final week, with Saudi Arabia retaliating in opposition to the rebels.
The Bab-el Mandeb strait within the Pink Sea is a important export channel for Saudi Arabian oil diverted from the Strait of Hormuz and a chokepoint for business transport visitors.
Consultants have warned {that a} closure of Bab el-Mandeb would block in these barrels, exacerbating the oil disruption triggered by Iran’s assaults on tankers in Hormuz.
