The attacks between Iran and the US continue. At least ten strikes were carried out on the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf on Sunday evening, the state news agency Irna reports. Explosions were also heard in the city of Bandar Abbas.
According to the governor of the Qeshm region, all targets were military. There are no reports of casualties.
At the same time, Kuwait's Ministry of Defence says that three border posts and an oil platform have been attacked by drones, among other things, without specifying who is behind it.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday urged the US and Iran to stop the attacks and return to the negotiating table.
Conflicting information
The US military command Centcom said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz is open again and that US forces are ensuring freedom of movement in the strait.
President Donald Trump confirmed to NBC that the strait is open to commercial traffic.
But according to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the waterway was closed after a ship that had taken an “unauthorized route” was stopped with warning shots. They also said that the strait would remain closed until “the American interventions in the region are ended,” according to Iranian state media.
New attacks
The US also targeted Iran overnight. According to Centcom , 140 Iranian military targets were attacked after a Cyprus-flagged ship was damaged in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran subsequently declared the waterway closed.
"We hit them very hard last night," Trump told CNN.
Trump also says that the US and Iran were close to an agreement on Saturday, but that Iran “gave up everything and suddenly, two hours later, they attacked a ship with a drone.”
Quick response
Iran responded with drone and missile attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. According to Qatari authorities, three people, including a child, were injured by shrapnel.
The Revolutionary Guard in Iran also claims that a ship in the strait – the second in just a few hours – was hit after it “violated the rules.”
In Jordan and Oman, several Iranian projectiles are reported to have penetrated air defences. The mediator country Oman condemns the attacks, which are the first against the country in months and come the day after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was received in Muscat for talks on the Strait of Hormuz.
