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Institute for the Study of War X Notes: Iran attacks ships in Strait of Hormuz to establish control over Strait, threatens Trump’s peace
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… through the Strait of Hormuz.
Other Key Takeaways:
Iran is using military threats and economic incentives to try to convince Gulf states to support its efforts to control the strait, but the Gulf states appear to be resisting Iranian pressure at present.
The United States and GCC foreign ministers issued a joint statement on June 25 that emphasized the importance of “free, unconditional, and unrestricted navigation” and rejected “any tolls, fees, or attempts to assert control over the strait. The statement explicitly opposes any payment requirement for transit through the strait and implicitly opposes any Iranian attempts to manage maritime traffic through measures such as its traffic separation scheme or requirements that vessels coordinate with the IRGC Navy.
Iran's suicide drone strike on US ally [ship] threatens Trump's fragile peace in Strait of Hormuz
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Iran launched an explosive-laden suicide drone at a cargo ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, endangering the regime's fragile truce with the US after Donald Trump had declared the waterway safe for oil tankers.
US officials told the Washington Post that a Singaporean ship was attacked by an Iranian Shahed drone on Thursday evening.
The vessel sustained significant damage to its bridge, though no injuries or deaths have been confirmed.
Prior to the attack, Iran issued warnings through regime media to oil tankers, cautioning that routes through the strait were restricted and that other routes were 'completely dangerous.'
The attack comes as the US and Iran delicately negotiate a long-term peace agreement that would limit the regime's nuclear program.
Trump has previously said he would strike Iran if it violated the recently signed ceasefire, which allows for the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that carries roughly one-fifth of the world's oil.
Although the President has said the strait is reopened following the ceasefire, only 50 vessels passed through the waterway on Wednesday.
At the start of the war, Iran closed the narrow strait using speedboats, drones and sea mines.
In the months that followed, gas prices in the US skyrocketed to above $4.50 per gallon on average, while Europe and Asia began rationing oil supplies.
It is unclear if traffic through the strait has been affected by the recent attack. The regime has not issued a direct statement on the matter.
The route attacked by Iran had been promoted by the United Nations maritime service as a safe shipping lane for oil tankers.
The peace deal, signed last week, committed Iran to using its 'best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days.'
Ending Tehran's stranglehold on the waterway, which disrupted global oil and gas supplies and drove up fuel and food prices, had been a key US demand in negotiations.
The agreement also said Iran will work with Oman to 'define the future administration and maritime services' of the strait, though there is significant uncertainty as to what will happen after the 60 days is up.
Vice President JD Vance and Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are leading US diplomatic efforts with the regime, demanding that it abandon its enriched uranium stockpile and nuclear ambitions.
UN says Hormuz evacuation paused after attack on ship in Gulf of Oman
[IsraelTimes] The evacuation of around 11,000 mariners stranded by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been suspended after an attack on a vessel in the Gulf of Oman, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) says.
The UN’s maritime agency said earlier this week it would begin evacuating 600 ships and their crews that were trapped by the US-Iran war, after Washington and Tehran agreed a preliminary deal to end the conflict.
But a cargo ship was damaged by an unknown projectile off the Omani coast in the strategic strait on Thursday, prompting the IMO to halt the operation.
“I have decided to temporarily pause (the evacuation plan’s) implementation in order to reconfirm that the necessary safety guarantees continue to be in place for the ships on our evacuation list and all those in the region,” IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez says in a statement.
The vessel that was hit on Thursday was not traveling under the IMO’s evacuation framework, which began on Tuesday evening, Dominguez says.
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