Middle East crisis live: ‘We have not even begun’, Iran warns US amid escalation in strait of Hormuz | US-Israel war on Iran
Iran’s chief negotiator says status quo ‘unbearable’ for US
Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammed Bagher Galibaf, said in a post on X This morning, he stated that “a new equation is in the process of solidifying in the Strait of Hormuz” and warned that the continuation of the “status quo” is an “unacceptable” position for the United States.
Iran’s chief negotiator Ghalibaf added:
The security of shipping and energy transportation has been compromised by the United States and its allies through ceasefire violations and blockade enforcement; Of course, their evil will decrease.
We know very well that continuation of the status quo is unacceptable for America; while it hasn’t started yet.
Iran imposed a blockade on foreign ships using the Strait of Hormuz immediately after the war that started on February 28 with the US-Israeli attack that killed the country’s former religious leader. US President Donald Trump imposed a blockade against ships using Iranian ports on April 13.
Trump’s so-called “Project Freedom”, which began yesterday, says its goal is to use the US military to remove stranded cargo ships from the strategic waterway. But doing so makes a resumption of war much more likely, as Iran’s military central command has warned it will strike any US naval ship that approaches the strait.
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The Israeli army has issued further forced displacement orders for people in Southern Lebanon; this time for those living in the towns of Jabsheet and Sarafand.
Statement made on social mediaAvichay Adraee, the army’s Arabic spokesman, said these residents should “immediately evacuate their homes and move away from villages and towns, keeping a distance of at least 1,000 meters from open areas.”
Signaling impending airstrikes, Adraee claimed that the IDF was “forced to act” against Hezbollah and that Hezbollah was violating the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon that took effect in mid-April.
Hezbollah, which has hit Israeli troops in Lebanon, says it will not stop its attacks on Israeli troops inside Lebanon and towns in northern Israel as long as Israel continues its ceasefire violations.
Israel has been accused of violating the ceasefire agreement on several occasions; Civilians are dying in the attacks and houses continue to be destroyed, even though the army says it is targeting only Hezbollah areas.
Under the terms of the agreement, Israel was allowed to continue its attack on Lebanon, as it retained “the right to take all necessary measures in self-defense at any time against planned, imminent or ongoing attacks.”
India’s foreign ministry said the attack on Fujairah in the UAE, which injured three Indian citizens, was “unacceptable” and called for an immediate end to the “targeting of civilian infrastructure and innocent civilians”.
Officials in Fujairah said yesterday that a fire broke out in the Fujairah Oil Industrial Zone after what they described as a drone attack originating from Iran. Fujairah Media office said in a statement that civil defense teams were immediately deployed to control the fire.
Opening summary: US targets Iranian boats amid tense push for control of Strait of Hormuz
We are resuming our live broadcast of the US-Israeli war against Iran. WE And Iranian launched new attacks Bay Wrestling for control on Monday Strait of Hormuz amid bilateral naval blockades, bringing the region to the brink of full-scale war.
Then came the barrage of new missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles Donald Trump It has launched a new effort to move stranded tankers and other ships through a vital energy and trade route that has been virtually closed since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began in late February.
On Monday, many merchant ships in the Gulf reported explosions or fires; The US said it destroyed six small Iranian military boats; Tehran denied this claim and Iran said it attacked Iran. UAE set Fujairah’s oil port on fire with unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles.
US army Central Command (Centcom) said that two US-flagged commercial ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday due to the US Navy’s destroyers operating in the Gulf. Freight company Maersk He later said that one of the US-flagged commercial ships successfully exited the strait under US military escort.
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Trump warned that Iranian forces would be “blown off the ground” if they attacked US ships trying to reopen the route through the strait. On Monday, the president announced a US operation called Project Freedom to help hundreds of ships stranded in the Gulf.
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Centcom chief Admiral Brad Cooper declined to say whether he thought the ceasefire with Tehran, which began April 8, would remain in effect. He acknowledged that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard tried to “interfere” with Trump’s operation during Iran’s attacks on the region.
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Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Monday’s events showed there is no military solution to the crisis. He said peace talks were progressing with the mediation of Pakistan and warned the US and the UAE not to be drawn into the “swamp by ill-intentioned individuals”.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Monday that no commercial ships had passed through the strait. Over the past few hours, US claims to the contrary have proven false. Iranian state media also denied reports that the US sank Iranian ships.
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UK, Saudi Arabia call for de-escalation after Iran attacks on UAE – the first fire for a US ally since Washington’s ceasefire with Tehran took effect nearly a month ago.
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Two people were injured in an attack on a residential building in Bukha, Oman.on the coastline of the Strait of Hormuz, Oman’s state news agency reported.
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Ship operator HMM said that the fire that broke out as a result of an explosion on a South Korean ship in the Strait of Hormuz was extinguished. South Korea’s foreign ministry said all 24 crew aboard HMM Namu, including six South Koreans, were unharmed. Trump blamed the attack on Iran.
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International Monetary Fund President Kristalina Georgieva warned that inflation was already picking up and the global economy could face a “much worse outcome” if the war drags on to 2027 and oil prices reach around $125 per barrel.
