{"id":1601,"date":"2026-07-12T04:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T04:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2026-07-12T04:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T04:09:46","slug":"us-attacks-iran-over-ship-being-hit-in-strait-of-hormuz-tehran-lashes-out-again-at-gulf-arab-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1601","title":{"rendered":"US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran lashes out again at Gulf Arab states"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 The United States attacked Iran<\/span> early Sunday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and forced its crew to abandon it. Iran apparently responded with attacks targeting Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. <\/p>\n

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The strait has become the key sticking point in any further negotiations between Iran and the United States to find a permanent end to the war that began back on Feb. 28. About a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the strait before the war began. Iran\u2019s grip on it during the war led to a global energy crisis, though oil prices have sharply dropped<\/span> since wartime highs of $120 a barrel.<\/p>\n

The U.S. military\u2019s Central Command said it hit some 140 targets in the strikes, far more than the last two round, and went after missile and drone launch sites, ammunition dumps, communication equipment and other sites.<\/p>\n

The attacks \u201cdegrade Iran\u2019s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels freely transiting the strait,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n

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The new crossfire in the Persian Gulf comes days after U.S. President Donald Trump<\/span> suggested an interim deal in the Iran war was \u201cover.\u201d <\/p>\n

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote online: \u201cIran made a poor choice. Now they pay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bahrain, Qatar and UAE all attacked<\/h2>\n

The United Arab Emirates warned the public Sunday of an incoming missile and drone attack as explosions could be heard in nearby Qatar. A missile alert sounded in Qatar shortly after the blasts. Qatar\u2019s military said in a statement it intercepted the incoming Iranian fire. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, missile alerts sounded in Bahrain, an island kingdom in the Persian Gulf home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet. <\/p>\n

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It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what locations were under attack in the UAE, which so far hadn\u2019t been targeted in the latest round of attacks by Iran. The latest attack on the Emirates, home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, came in May when a drone sparked a fire on the edge of the country\u2019s sole nuclear power plant<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In the Strait of Hormuz attack, a Cyprus-flagged container ship was hit by Iran and suffered \u201csignificant engineroom damage\u201d and a civilian crew member is missing, U.S. Central Command said. <\/p>\n

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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, overseen by the British military, said the ship had been traveling in a route hugging the shoreline of Oman. That\u2019s been the way ships have gotten in and out of the Persian Gulf while avoiding Iranian territorial waters. The ship\u2019s crew abandoned the vessel as it was ablaze, the center said. <\/p>\n

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