Iran launched strikes on Bahrain, Jordan, and two UAE-linked oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, killing one sailor and wounding eight, after Washington hit roughly 140 Iranian military sites over the weekend.
The IRGC claimed it destroyed a Patriot radar and an early-warning system at the US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and fired ballistic missiles at a Jordanian air base. Jordan's military said air defenses intercepted and downed four Iranian missiles Tuesday morning. The UAE confirmed Iranian missiles struck two of its tankers in Omani territorial waters.
The United States responded with a new wave of strikes on military targets in Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas. President Donald Trump reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and proposed a 20 percent transit fee on all cargo through the strait, a move Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed with irony, rejecting an excessive levy. Trump notified Congress of resumed 'limited military action' as the June ceasefire collapsed near its midpoint.