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Iran responded? After the US sinking of the IRIS Dena, Tehran responded with drone and missile attacks on Israel and US military assets and infrastructure in Gulf countries, causing multiple deaths. After the recent
recent conflict, which began when the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February. The narrow chokepoint connects the Gulf
Gulf in recent weeks has heightened security concerns in the Strait of Hormuz. Furthermore, both the US and Iran have attacked
attack on the UAE in recent days. Iran did confirm firing warning shots at a US warship approaching the strait, forcing it to turn back. Alexandru Hudisteanu, a military and diplomatic analyst, has told
US and Israel launched their attack on Iran on February 28. Tehran retaliated by closing off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel linking the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, through which approximately
attacks against Iran. "Considering recent US threats against Iran's oil infrastructure, either oil and gas exports are for everyone or they will be available for no-one," a statement said. Iran's top negotiator
Iran also retains significant leverage. Despite heightened tensions, there have been no confirmed attacks on US military assets in the Gulf. Analysts say any direct US intervention could dramatically increase the risk of Iranian retaliation
attacks on Russian refineries in recent months. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Israel war on Iran and subsequent forced cuts in oil exports by the Gulf
recent days been putting more pressure on Beijing to use its influence with Iran to exert pressure, and really pressure Iran to come to the table to end the war, and certainly end its closure
attacks on nearby countries’ oil and other infrastructure in the Gulf are the two main cards Iran can play in negotiations. The US has blockaded Iran, stopping all Iran-linked shipping seeking to exit
Iran recently accused the UAE of strengthening ties with Israel, while reports emerged claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a “secret” visit to the Gulf state during the conflict. The UAE [denied](/news/2026/5/13/netanyahu-visited-uae-in-secret-during-us-israel-war-on-iran-office-says
Iran appears to be “wearing thin”, despite Gulf-led mediation efforts involving Pakistan and Turkiye. Marquardt said talks have made little progress in recent weeks, raising the possibility that the US could resume military strikes
Gulf. In peacetime, 20 percent of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) is shipped through it. Following the first US-Israel strikes on Tehran on February 28, Iran closed the passage to shipping traffic
Iran’s Gulf coast were in response to “aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters”, the US military’s central command (Centcom) said
Iran is.” Last year, Israel launched [major air strikes](/news/2025/9/9/israel-attacks-hamas-leadership-in-qatar-all-to-know) against the Qatari capital Doha, targeting Hamas’s leadership during the Gaza ceasefire talks. While top Hamas officials survived the attack, six others, including
attack on Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other top officials. The hostilities spread quickly across the Middle East, as Iran retaliated by launching missiles and drones at Israel and Gulf Arab
recent weeks - to share drone expertise and technology, tightening alliances and benefitting from business - and it hopes defence deals - with wealthy US-allied countries. "We want to help [Gulf states] defend themselves. And we will
attacks by the Yemen-based Houthis](/news/2025/3/12/yemens-houthis-to-resume-shipping-attacks-over-gaza-aid-cutoff) in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden with the Red Sea, has created an opportunity. More recently, naval patrols of some nations that
Gulf is stuck in limbo between war and peace. Despite a ceasefire deal between the US and [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran), both sides have ramped up threats once again. A lasting end to the violence
US and Israel attacked Iran. The conflict soon spread across the region. By now, more than 3,000 Iranians have been killed, including more than 150 schoolgirls and teachers at a school that