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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
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
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
Iran’s threats against shipping in the Gulf have reduced maritime traffic in the strait to a fraction of peacetime levels, crippling a sizeable portion of the world’s oil and natural gas supplies. Goldman
recent years.  ## The gaps To be sure, Iran’s outreach only matters if the US agrees to a deal, analysts point out. Trump cancelled
attack is at least the fourth to take place near Somalia in [recent weeks](/news/2026/5/1/why-is-piracy-rising-off-somalia-again-and-is-the-iran-war), with pirate activity in the area on the rise in an apparent reaction to the war in Iran. Officials
attacked Israeli targets and fired missiles at Gulf countries and the wider region. The ongoing Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is threatened because of Israel’s air strikes on Lebanon, which have killed
attack craft, making passage through the strait too risky for commercial shipping. The US has countered by blockading Iranian ports. The war, which began with an Israeli strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran
attacks. Ever since the conflict with Iran started, the UAE, the Gulf state politically closest to Israel and most hostile to Tehran, has been privately pushing [Saudi Arabia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/saudiarabia) and Qatar to launch
attacks against Lebanon, killing at least 14 people on Sunday despite a US-brokered ceasefire. Here is what we know on day 59 of the conflict: ## War diplomacy - Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi arrived in Saint
attacks US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait of Hormuz. The US launched an operation on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, dragging the region
attacked any of the US vessels in Hormuz. - **Have any vessels made it out of the strait?** US Central Command (Centcom) said two US-flagged merchant vessels had “successfully transited” the strait, but Iran
attacks on their countries during the five weeks of war, which is now on pause in a fragile temporary ceasefire. "An act of hostile piracy" is how Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president
attack on Iran is worsening inequality, poverty and hunger across a world that has become dangerously dependent on fossil fuels. Even if the strait of Hormuz swiftly returns to normal operations, the burden of elevated
recent weeks as the conflict sends shockwaves through the global economy due to the continued disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Last week, Merz compared the war to previous military quagmires, such