Internet/Hyderabad, July 13 (Maxim News): Tensions between the US and Iran have reached a fever pitch. After Iran attacked commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the US is retaliating on a large scale. This is the third attack in the last 24 hours. This shows the seriousness of the situation there. With the latest developments, a war atmosphere has prevailed in the Gulf region. The international community is expressing deep concern.
The US Central Command (Centcom) announced that the attacks were carried out to disrupt Iran’s ability to attack civilian and commercial shipping passing through the Strait of Hormuz. It said that the US president had ordered that Iranian forces be held accountable. Fox News reported that more than 300 Iranian military targets, missile systems and air defense sites were destroyed in the past three nights. The latest attacks were focused on the Iranian coast, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ said in its article.
It is noteworthy that Iranian forces opened fire on a civilian ship during the US attacks. However, US warplanes that immediately entered the scene shot down an Iranian cruise missile and a drone in the air, Centcom spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins confirmed. Iranian media reported that the attacks caused large explosions in several areas of Hormozgan province in southern Iran. However, it was initially reported that there were no civilian casualties.
Iran also launched counterattacks in response to the US attacks. It attacked neighboring Kuwait. Kuwait announced that three posts on its border were damaged in these attacks. Also, a drone attack on an offshore drilling platform belonging to a Kuwaiti oil company injured a worker. Iran announced that it had destroyed US ‘HIMARS’ rocket launchers in Kuwait.. Centcom denied that claim. It clarified that no one of its soldiers was injured.
The United Nations has expressed deep concern over the war atmosphere in the Gulf. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities by both sides. He warned that if the conflict escalates into a full-scale war, it will cause serious damage to the global economy and international security.(Maxim News)
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