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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - This screen grab taken from video footage shared by the US Central Command on social media platform X and made available via AFPTV on July 13, 2026 purportedly shows US strikes against Iranian military installations. — Picture via AFP
DUBAI, July 13 — US military strikes on Iranian targets entered a second day today in a new surge of fighting over the status of the Strait of Hormuz that is endangering a fragile interim agreement and sending oil prices spiking.
Here are the latest developments:
Iran warning on deal
Iran said it would no longer abide by the memorandum of understanding signed with the US if Washington failed to uphold its commitments to end the war.
“Each time that the other party has failed to meet its obligations, we did not uphold ours... We will continue to act in this manner,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told a press conference in Tehran
Iran strikes Oman, Bahrain
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed strikes against Bahrain and Oman, saying they destroyed radar systems in Oman and targeted US military facilities on the southern edge of Manama.
Iran Guards strike Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had struck US military targets and bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, state media reported today.
Air raid alerts sounded in Bahrain, while Kuwait’s army said its forces were intercepting “hostile aerial targets” today. Jordan’s army said it had intercepted four Iranian missiles.
Oil prices jump as US hits Iran
Oil prices opened sharply higher in Tokyo today after the US launched a wave of attacks on Iran, which announced it would close the Strait of Hormuz.
US strikes kill one in southwest Iran: state media
US strikes killed one person and wounded four in southwestern Iran, state media reported today.
“Following the attack of the American enemy today morning... one person was martyred and four others were injured,” the official IRNA news agency reported.
US completes strikes on Iranian targets
The US military said it had completed a new round of strikes in Iran aimed at preventing the Islamic republic from attacking shipping in the vital Strait of Hormuz.
“Centcom forces struck Iranian military air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats,” it said in a post on X.
Iran denounces latest US strikes
Iran condemned the latest wave of US attacks on its territory, saying they had “rendered futile” all the diplomatic efforts of the past few months.
“The US regime has also caused the return of insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz and disruption of international commercial shipping by openly interfering in the process of Iran implementing the necessary arrangements in the Strait of Hormuz,” a foreign ministry statement said.
UN chief calls for end to fighting
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the US and Iran yesterday to halt their new outbreak of fighting.
Kuwait strikes
Kuwait’s defence ministry said three border posts and an offshore oil platform were attacked, without specifying their origin.
Deadly strikes
Iranian state media reported yesterday that a telecommunications company employee had been killed and two others wounded in attacks in the southern province of Hormozgan on the Gulf.
The Mehr and Tasnim news agencies earlier said overnight strikes had killed an Iranian navy lieutenant in the southern port of Jask.
Iran island hit
More than 10 projectiles struck Iran’s Gulf island of Qeshm, state media reported, adding that the targets were military and there had been no casualties.
US hit Iran ‘very hard’: Trump
US President Donald Trump told CNN yesterday that the US and Iran had been close to “a deal” on Saturday.
“They were giving up everything, and then all of a sudden two hours after that they hit a ship with a drone. These people, there is something wrong with them,” he said.
Hormuz traffic ‘flowing’: US
The US military insisted yesterday that “traffic is flowing” through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Iran’s claim to have closed the waterway.
“US forces are positioned and prepared to keep it that way,” US Central Command (Centcom) said on X. — AFP
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