Hormuz tankers on fire, as US, Iran continue attacks: What’s the latest?
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- CENTCOM completed a tenth consecutive night of strikes against Iran at 01:00 GMT on Tuesday, hitting military command centres, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defence systems, with explosions reported on Qeshm Island, in Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Shiraz, and Abdanan.
- Iran's IRGC claimed it destroyed a US air defence system and radar in Bahrain's Muharraq area and a US Patriot system in Al-Riffa, saying the strikes were intended to clear the way for further operations.
- The IRGC also claimed it targeted US military assets in Kuwait — a long-range radar site, a telecommunications centre, satellite receiving systems, a missile defence radar, and an MQ-9 drone hangar at the Ali Al Salem airbase.
- The IRGC separately claimed its aerospace force destroyed Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain using cruise missiles — an extraordinary claim against a private civilian-tech target.
- The IRGC said "massive fires" broke out on two oil tankers that attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, with rescue teams evacuating crews, and warned that "not even a drop of oil, gas, or a package of chemical fertiliser will be exported from the region" as long as US strikes continue.
- The White House told Al Jazeera the strikes would continue until Trump decides otherwise, but ended its statement by saying diplomatic talks between the two nations are ongoing.
- Iranian officials offered conflicting accounts of the strikes' reach: the Isfahan deputy governor denied any "enemy aggression" in his province, and the Bushehr governor attributed local explosion sounds to the activity of defence systems rather than incoming fire.
Why it matters: Iran's warning that it will block not just oil but gas and chemical fertiliser through the Strait of Hormuz widens the economic blast radius well beyond crude prices, while the IRGC's claim of having cruise-missiled Amazon's data infrastructure alongside US bases signals a possible new targeting category of civilian-private assets — even as the White House insists diplomatic talks remain live.
