#Iran / #USA / #Israel 🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱 : Iranian Navy launched warning missiles against US ships in the Streit of Hormuz.
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The Iranian Navy reported that it had blocked the passage of US ships into the Strait of Hormuz.
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[Regnum] Iranian military forces have blocked American ships from entering the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian Navy reported this on May 4.
"Thanks to the decisive and prompt warning by the Iranian navy, it was possible to prevent the entry of the US-Zionist enemy destroyers into the Strait of Hormuz," the statement, reported by the state broadcaster IRIB, said.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced the launch of an operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz on the morning of May 4, Middle East time. He said that "countries from around the world" had contacted Washington regarding ships blocked in the Strait of Hormuz and asked for assistance in freeing them.
Axios: US military permitted to attack targets threatening ships in Strait of Hormuz
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[Regnum] The United States has changed the rules of engagement for its armed forces in the Middle East. Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported this on May 4, citing a senior American official.
He clarified that the American military is now allowed to attack targets that pose a threat to ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
"The American official said that <…> [the military] has been given the right to strike immediate sources of threat to ships passing through the strait, such as speedboats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or Iranian missile sites," Ravid wrote on social media.
Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz in response to attacks by the US and Israel that began on February 28. On April 7, US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire and the start of negotiations to resolve the conflict based on terms presented by the Islamic Republic.
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The USS Truxtun and USS Mason were backed by fighter aircraft and AH-64 Apache helicopters during the encounter, with officials describing it as a "sustained barrage," the CBS report said.
Despite the attack, neither of the destroyers was impacted, with forces intercepting or deterring each threat.
WHAT TO KNOW
- The fragile ceasefire with Iran faces its biggest threat to date as President Donald Trump announced plans for U.S. forces to "guide" vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
- The U.S. blockade on Iranian ports will continue, with U.S. Central Command saying they have already redirected at least 49 ships.
- The British military’s maritime trade center reported an attack on a trade vessel by multiple small craft just 11 miles off Iran's coast in the strait on Sunday.
- Iran's military has vowed to attack any U.S. forces that enter the strait.
- Peace talks with Iran remain stagnant, with Trump bashing Iran's latest 14-point proposal.
- The UAE is on 'high alert' after Iran launched renewed strikes, injuring three Indian nationals.
- Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi warned the U.S. and the UAE against getting pulled into a prolonged conflict and said talks were making progress.
- The U.S. is edging closer to restarting major combat operations against Iran, senior officials said Monday.
Trump threatens Iran will be 'blown off the face of the earth' as missiles and drones target US ships.... and hits [UAE] critical allies
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump has threatened to blow Iran 'off the face of the earth' after the regime launched missile and drone attacks on US warships and commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran launched four missiles at a US-backed Middle Eastern ally on Monday and blew up a major oil port, following Trump's move to reopen the strait. The United Arab Emirates issued a missile alert on Monday morning, the first since the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran was announced last month.
The UAE's Defense Ministry said it intercepted three missiles, while a fourth 'fell into the sea.' An official noted that the country's air defenses 'are currently dealing with missile attacks and incoming drones from Iran.'
Trump said the US had 'shot down seven small boats' during the latest skirmish but said only a South Korean ship had sustained damage.
'Perhaps it's time for South Korea to come and join the mission!,' the President suggested on Truth Social.
Tehran's decision to launch these attacks officially resumes hostilities between Iran and the US in the Middle East.
Authorities also announced that a massive fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zones on Monday following a drone attack from Iran. Rescue teams were deployed to contain the inferno, Reuters reports.
The uncertainty over control of the strait comes as two US-flagged vessels have successfully passed through waterway, the US military said on Monday.
The closure of the strait has driven gas prices to some of their highest levels since 2022, averaging $4.40 a gallon, up 30 cents in a week.
'Project Freedom' will reportedly include a vast number of guided-missile destroyers, drones, more than 100 land and sea-based aircraft, and the infantry support of 15,000 troops, CENTCOM announced.
Iran has managed to effectively close off the Strait of Hormuz in recent months through a combination of small attack boats, drones, and sea mines laid in the narrow waterway.
US forces have also established an 'enhanced security area' that advises oil vessels to cross the waterway through Omani waters. However, vessel traffic remains at a standstill, with most ships transiting Hormuz using the Iranian traffic separation scheme rather than Trump's "Project Freedom" corridor closer to Oman.
Trump announced Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine will hold a news conference Tuesday morning.