Travellers panic as US attacks Iran-Iraq border crossing
Iran's deputy foreign minister accuses US of destroying the interim peace deal.
Early on July 12, after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed until further notice and struck a Cyprus-flagged container ship, the United States launched its third round of strikes in a week, hitting some 140 targets. Most were along Iran’s southern coast overlooking the strait – including Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Jask and Qeshm – but one strike days earlier pointed to a different logic. On July 9, US cruise missiles hit the Aq Taqeh Khan bridge in Aq Qala, in the northern province of Golestan,...
US attacks kill at least one person in the city of Iranshahr and cause widespread power outages in Chabahar.