{"id":1734,"date":"2026-07-16T04:08:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:08:32","slug":"us-strikes-targets-in-northern-iran-as-it-also-disables-ship-trying-to-run-the-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=1734","title":{"rendered":"US strikes targets in northern Iran as it also disables ship trying to run the blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait before dawn. <\/p>\n

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Days of back-and-forth strikes by the U.S. and Iran across the Middle East \u2014 and renewed threats to the Strait of Hormuz<\/span> \u2014 have shredded the interim deal to end the Iran war and could tip the region back into all-out war. Already, Iranian officials say U.S. strikes have killed more than 35 people and wounded over 300 others. Strikes also reached into areas around Iran\u2019s capital, Tehran, for the first time of this latest round of violence. <\/p>\n

When the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Iran on Feb. 28, Tehran effectively closed the strait to shipping traffic, a move that sent the price of oil, fertilizer and many other goods soaring<\/span> far beyond the region and gave Iran major leverage in negotiations. <\/p>\n

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Those rising prices pose a particular challenge to<\/span> U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican Party, which hopes to retain control of Congress in elections in November. But Washington has struggled to successfully reopen the waterway, leading to Trump reimposing the naval blockade Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s parliament speaker and lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said Iran was prepared for a fuller military confrontation if the U.S. does not live up to the terms of the interim deal, and Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened to halt all energy exports from the Middle East over the blockade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe export of oil and gas from the region will be either for everyone or for no one,\u201d the Guard said.<\/p>\n

Trump again insisted Iran was ready to strike a peace deal, but he did not elaborate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey don\u2019t like what we\u2019re doing, and they do want to settle. We\u2019ll find out whether or not we settle with them, or we just finish it off,\u201d he said Wednesday at the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Trump separately said on social media that Tehran made a goodwill gesture by releasing an American citizen wrongly detained in Iran since 2024. He didn\u2019t release further details. Human rights lawyer Jared Genser released a statement identifying the detainee as his client Dena Karari, a U.S.-Iranian citizen who runs a nonprofit and was charged with espionage. <\/p>\n

Iran did not immediately acknowledge the release and her case was not publicly known, as is sometimes the case with detentions in the Islamic Republic. <\/p>\n

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Both the US and Iran launch attacks as blockade is reimposed<\/h2>\n

The U.S. strikes early Thursday hit around Tehran, state media reported. It also reported that American attacks targeted Semnan province, home to Iran\u2019s ballistic missile production and space program.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the U.S. resumed striking Iran during daylight, further showing the increasing tempo of the attacks. An attack on Greater Tunb Island, a strategic point in the Strait of Hormuz, targeted Iranian defense and missile sites, Central Command said.<\/p>\n

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