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Iran launches attacks after Trump Hormuz order

  • Märkte: Crude oil, Freight, Natural gas
  • 04.05.26

Iran launched attacks on the UAE port of Fujairah and ships off the UAE coastline on Monday, after the US Navy announced an operation to facilitate the transit of stranded ships from the Mideast Gulf.

An Iranian drone strike caused a fire in the Fujairah petroleum industries zone, the port authority said. The UAE separately said it intercepted three missiles launched from Iran while another fell into the sea — marking the first Iranian attack on its neighbor since the US and Iran agreed to halt hostilities on 7 April.

A South Korean-operated vessel anchored in the UAE waters near the strait of Hormuz came under fire and took damage on Monday, South Korea's foreign ministry said, according to Korean news agency Yonhap. The UK Maritime Trade Operation agency reported two separate attacks on ships located off the UAE coast, within the Mideast Gulf and in proximity to Hormuz.

US president Donald Trump's administration said on Sunday that it would facilitate the departure of ships stranded in the Mideast Gulf since February, without providing any details on what that would entail. Trump in a social media post appeared to suggest that Tehran agreed to facilitate the passage of neutral vessels but threatened to respond if Iran interfered with their transit.

But Iran warned that any vessels violating its naval protocols would be "stopped by force", according to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) linked Tasnim news agency.

The Pentagon did not describe the operation, dubbed "Project Freedom", as a forced reopening of the strait of Hormuz. The vital waterway has been under tight Iranian control since early March.

But it appears that the US naval forces in the region are, in fact, attempting to challenge Iran's control of the strait.

US guided-missile destroyers entered the Mideast Gulf through Hormuz on Monday and assisted two US-flagged vessels to exit the Gulf through Hormuz, according to the Pentagon's Central Command (Centcom), which oversees Middle East-based US forces.

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency claimed on Monday that Iranian missiles struck a US naval vessel attempting passage through Hormuz, but Centcom denied the report.

There has been no independent confirmation of the US naval movements.


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