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Het Amerikaanse leger heeft maandagavond laat voor de derde nacht op rij aanvallen gelanceerd op doelen in Iran. President Donald Trump dreigde het nucleaire complex Kolang Gaz La aan te vallen, een zwaar versterkt gebied dat naast Natanz ligt, de locatie voor de verrijking van uranium die al eerder door de VS en Israël is gebombardeerd. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Lawmakers demanded Monday that the Pentagon release its findings from an investigation into the Feb. 28 strike at a girls’ school in Iran.

The U.S. military will begin enforcing a maritime blockade on Iran on Tuesday.

Oil prices surged more than three per cent on Monday after renewed military strikes between the United States and Iran reignited concerns over energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures were up $2.47, or 3.25pc, to $78.48 at 4:45pm PKT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was up $2.35, or 3.29pc, to $73.76 a barrel. “The focus will remain on the number of inbound tankers as a lower number could impact production, so currently we see a risk premium but as well a disruption risk supporting prices,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo. Fresh US and Iranian strikes over the weekend fueled fears of a renewed escalation. Tehran targeted US facilities across the Gulf on Sunday and said it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they had attacked US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. Some 20pc of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas transited the strait before the war began at the end of February. “Shipping operators are adopting a cautious a...

Oil prices surged over 4 per cent on Monday as energy shipments via the Strait of Hormuz remained under threat, with the US and Iran announcing renewed military strikes. Brent crude futures climbed $3.10, or 4.08pc, to $79.11 by 0325 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.95, or 4.11pc, to $74.36 a barrel. US forces completed another wave of strikes against Iran on Monday, with the Centcom saying it hit dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they attacked US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial traffic, although Iran declared earlier that it had closed the strait after a vessel had travelled on an unapproved route and was struck. Some 20pc of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas transited the strait before the war began at the end of February. Six vessels transited the strait on Sunday, ship-tracking data from Kpler showed, the lowes...

The United States struck Iran on Monday for a second day running, drawing Tehran’s reprisals against US allies in the Gulf as the foes battle over the status of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The flare-up is the latest to undermine an interim agreement between Washington and Tehran aimed at ending their war, which has caused global economic shockwaves since it began in late February. The latest salvo by US forces began at 2100 GMT on Sunday, Central Command (Centcom) said on X. The fresh strikes came less than 24 hours after a previous wave in which the US Centcom said 140 Iranian military targets were hit. In a subsequent post, Centcom said it had completed a new wave of “offensive strikes” against Iran, hitting “dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions to degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international shipping flowing through the Strait of Hormuz”. “Centcom forces struck Iranian military air-defence systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small ...

De olieprijzen gingen maandagochtend omhoog, nadat de Verenigde Staten en Iran over en weer nieuwe aanvallen hebben uitgevoerd. Beide landen geven ook tegenstrijdige verklaringen af over de vraag of de Straat van Hormuz open is voor de scheepvaart.

Iran heeft zondagavond ‘vijandelijke’ aanvallen gemeld in het zuiden van het land. Zeker één persoon is om het leven gekomen. De aanvallen vonden plaats in de provincie Hormozgan, dat grenst aan de Straat van Hormuz. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

The United States carried out strikes on more than 100 targets in Iran after a missile attack on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.

Officials say Washington is prioritizing the Strait of Hormuz over Tehran's nuclear program, while warning Iran is preserving its capabilities for a possible future confrontation with Israel

The US military launched fresh strikes on Iran after the latter struck a container ship on Sunday, while Tehran said it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and escalated attacks on US facilities in states across the Gulf. The strikes were the latest in a cycle of attacks and counter-attacks as Iran seeks to assert control over shipping through the strait. However, the latest barrage marked a sharp escalation in pace and range. The attacks extended to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which had not been targeted since early May, and Qatar, a mediator in ceasefire talks that had not come under attack since April. Iran said it closed the strait after firing a warning ​shot that struck a vessel travelling on an “unauthorised route”. It warned that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response”. Iran later said it had disabled a second vessel. India said one of its nationals was missing after an attack on the container ship GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman earlier on Sunday. Oman said 23 c...

Iran heeft zondagavond ‘vijandelijke’ aanvallen gemeld in het zuiden van het land. Zeker één persoon is om het leven gekomen. De aanvallen vonden plaats in de provincie Hormozgan, dat grenst aan de Straat van Hormuz. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

The US military launched fresh strikes on Iran after the latter struck a container ship on Sunday, while Tehran said it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and escalated attacks on US facilities in states across the Gulf. The strikes were the latest in a cycle of attacks and counter-attacks as Iran seeks to assert control over shipping through the strait. However, the latest barrage marked a sharp escalation in pace and range. The attacks extended to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which had not been targeted since early May, and Qatar, a mediator in ceasefire talks that had not come under attack since April. Iran said it closed the strait after firing a warning ​shot that struck a vessel travelling on an “unauthorised route”. It warned that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response”. Iran later said it had disabled a second vessel. India said one of its nationals was missing after an attack on the container ship GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman earlier on Sunday. Oman said 23 c...

Volgens de VS heeft het Iraanse regime een slechte keuze gemaakt. Onder meer in Jordanië en Koeweit zijn raketinslagen of aanvallen gemeld vanuit Iran in reactie op Amerikaanse aanvallen op Iraanse doelen.

In meerdere Golfstaten zijn in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag luchtalarmen afgegaan en explosies gehoord, kort nadat de Verenigde Staten nieuwe aanvallen op Iran hadden uitgevoerd. Die volgden nadat de Iraanse Revolutionaire Garde een onder Cypriotische vlag varend containerschip had aangevallen in de Straat van Hormuz en Iran de zeestraat weer had gesloten. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

The U.S. hit Iran for the third time this week and Tehran has reportedly closed the Strait of Hormuz again.

The US military launched fresh strikes on Iran after the latter struck a container ship on Sunday ‌while Tehran said it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and escalated attacks on US facilities in states across the Gulf. A series of attacks between the US and Iran over the past several days led President Donald Trump to declare the end of a ceasefire meant to halt the war on Iran that the US and Israel began on February 28, though Trump has left the door open to continued negotiations. Iran said it closed the strait after firing a warning ​shot that struck a vessel travelling on an unapproved route. It warned that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response.” The US Central Command, however, claimed commercial ​vessels continue to transit through the waterway that carried one-fifth of the world’s oil and LNG shipments before the war. The Central Command said US forces hit 140 Iranian military targets on Saturday, out of more than 300 during three nights of strikes “to degrade Ira...

The US military said it launched another round of strikes on Iran — the third in a week — after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a container ship travelling through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Iranian state media has reported explosions in a number of port cities after the strikes. A series of attacks between the US and Iran over the past several days led President Donald Trump to declare the end of a ceasefire meant to halt the war on Iran that the US and Israel began on February 28, though Trump has left the door open to continued negotiations. Iran said it closed the vital Strait of Hormuz after firing a warning shot that struck a vessel travelling on an unapproved route. It warned that any retaliation over the incident would be met with a “severe response.” US Central Command identified the vessel as the M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship, saying it suffered significant engine-room damage and that a civilian crew member was missing. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations...

UNITED NATIONS: Iran thanked Pakistan on Friday for abstaining from a vote that allowed a UN Security Council meeting on its nuclear programme to go ahead, with Tehran rejecting the session as “legally unfounded”. Iran’s Ambassador and Per­manent Representative Amir Saeid Iravani, in a statement after the meeting, specifically acknowledged Pakistan and Somalia for “not supporting the convening of this meeting”, while praising Russia and China for opposing the session. The meeting was requested by Bahrain and five European members of the Security Council — Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia and the United Kingdom — to discuss implementation of Resolution 2231, which endorsed the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, and the secretary general’s latest report on the matter. The session took place amid a dispute over the status of Resolution 2231, with Western members maintaining that it continues to provide a basis for discussing Iran’s nuclear commitments, while Tehran argues that the resolution expired on Oct 18 last year...

In meerdere Golfstaten zijn in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag luchtalarmen afgegaan en explosies gehoord, kort nadat de Verenigde Staten nieuwe aanvallen op Iran hadden uitgevoerd. Die volgden nadat de Iraanse Revolutionaire Garde een onder Cypriotische vlag varend containerschip had aangevallen in de Straat van Hormuz en Iran de zeestraat weer had gesloten. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.