Iran hits cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz as CENTCOM announces new strikes
A missile launched by Iran struck a commercial cargo ship in the Strait of hormuz, leading Iran’s military to declare the waterway closed and prompting U.S. Central Command to conduct new strikes on Iran. The incident occurred amid a fragile ceasefire collapse between the US and Iran and shortly after the US demanded guarantees for safe passage through the strait.According to Iranian authorities,the ship was hit by warning shots fired at vessels moving through an unauthorized route,resulting in the ship being damaged and a crew member going missing. Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice and warned that any further aggression would be met with severe retaliation. In response, the US launched additional strikes on Iran targeting forces responsible for the attack, asserting efforts to impair Iran’s ability to threaten commercial maritime traffic. The situation unfolded hours after Iranian negotiations in Oman aimed at reopening shipping lanes, with Iran’s actions clearly escalating tensions in the region.
An Iranian missile has struck a commercial cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Iran’s military to declare the waterway closed and U.S. Central Command to announce new strikes on the country.
The attack, which occurred early Sunday local time, comes after the collapse of a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran. It also comes less than 48 hours after the Trump administration demanded that Iran guarantee safe passage for ships traveling through the strait.
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According to German state outlet Deutsche Welle, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s navy said via Telegram that the ship was struck by one of the “warning shots” fired at several ships moving through an unauthorized route in the strait.
“The Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice and until the end of America’s interventions in the region, and no vessel will be permitted to pass through,” the Guard’s statement said, according to Deutsche Welle.
The statement continued that any “new act of aggression against us … will be met with a severe response, and new enemy bases in the region will be targeted.”
US launches new strikes
In an X post at 7:39 p.m. Saturday, U.S. Central Command said it launched fresh strikes on Iran in response to the incident. The post identified the ship as the GFS Galaxy, a “Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
CENTCOM said a civilian crew member was missing from the vessel, which “is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engineroom damage.”
“Iran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed,” CENTCOM posted on X.
“In response, the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait,” CENTCOM continued. “The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief.”
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As of 8 p.m. Saturday, President Donald Trump has not publicly addressed the incident.
The incident occurred hours after Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi concluded negotiations in Oman to resolve the Hormuz standoff with his Omani and Qatari counterparts. A diplomat told Axios that Oman had proposed the full reopening of all shipping lanes before Iran struck the vessel in the strait’s southern shipping route through Oman’s territorial waters, which the U.S. urges mariners to use when passing through the strait.
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