Хормузын хоолойд арилжааны хөлөг онгоцууд руу халдсаны хариуд АНУ-ын зэвсэгт хүчин Ираны эсрэг цэргийн ажиллагаа явуулж, тус улсын газрын тосны экспортын зөвшөөрлийг цуцлав.
АНУ-ын Зэвсэгт хүчний Төв командлалын мэдээлснээр, олон улсын усан замд энгийн номхон иргэдийг аюулд оруулсан Ираны эсрэг чиглэсэн цохилтууд лхагва гарагт болжээ. Энэхүү ажиллагааны хүрээнд Ираны агаарын довтолгооноос хамгаалах системүүд, радарын төхөөрөмжүүд болон Хувьсгалт гвардийн ашигладаг 60 гаруй жижиг завь устгагдсан байна. АНУ-ын тал хэлэлцээрийн нөхцөлийг зөрчсөн тохиолдолд хариуцлага тооцоход бэлэн байгаагаа мэдэгдээд, одоогоор цэргийн ажиллагаа зогссоныг онцлов.
Иран улс АНУ-ын халдлагыг эсэргүүцэж, хариу арга хэмжээ авахаа мэдэгдсэнээр бүс нутгийн нөхцөл байдал хурцадмал байдалд шилжлээ. Хариу цохилтын дараа Бахрейн болон Кувейт улсуудад пуужингийн дохио дуугарсан байна. Энэхүү үйл явдал Ираны Дээд удирдагч Аятолла Али Хаменейн оршуулгын ёслолын үеэр өрнөж байгаа нь энхийн хэлэлцээг мухардалд оруулах эрсдэлийг нэмэгдүүлж байна.
АНУ-ын зүгээс Ираны газрын тосны худалдааны лицензийг цуцалсан нь Тегераны хувьд эдийн засгийн томоохон дарамт болж байна. Иран өмнө нь тус зөвшөөрлийн хүрээнд олон улсын зах зээлд газрын тосоо ам.доллараар чөлөөтэй борлуулах боломжтой байсан юм. Хормузын хоолойг хянах, хөлөг онгоцны маршрутыг тогтоох тал дээр Иран болон олон улсын хамтын ажиллагаа зөрчилдөж байгаа нь дэлхийн эрчим хүчний зах зээлд сөргөөр нөлөөлж байна.
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The U.S. military attacked Iran early Wednesday after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, part of an American effort that also revoked the Islamic Republic’s ability to openly sell crude oil in the world market. Iran apparently retaliated with strikes targeting Bahrain and Kuwait.
Iran immediately warned Washington it would “take whatever measures it deems necessary,” raising the risks that an interim agreement to halt fighting in the war could break down, putting the Middle East again at risk of a wider conflict. Both Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, and Kuwait, home to U.S. Army forces, sounded missile alerts Wednesday morning after the American attack on Iran.
The attacks on shipping and the resulting strikes on Iran came during the dayslong funeral for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed Feb. 28 in the war’s first moments at age 86. The funeral, which ends Thursday, had been thought to be a period of lower tensions — though mourners have repeatedly called for the killings of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Negotiations to reach a final deal had been due to start after Khamenei’s burial and focus on the toughest matters, including fully reopening the strait and rolling back Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. But the new attacks threw that into question.
“The era of bullying and extortion is over,” Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf wrote on X. “It leads nowhere. We don’t fold.”
Overnight US strikes target Iran
The U.S. military’s Central Command said American forces launched the strikes “to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.”
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It said it hit Iranian targets including air defense systems, radars and over 60 small boats used by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Those boats have been key in harassing ships in the strait.
The U.S. military remains “postured and prepared to hold Iran accountable when the agreement is not adhered to or obeyed,” it added, saying this round of attacks had ended.
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Iran acknowledged the strikes, but offered no word on any losses. Iranian state media reported the sound of explosions in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Sirik.
Iran’s central military command warned it “will respond decisively to this aggression and terrorist act.”
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“Under no circumstances will (the Iranian armed forces) allow interference in the affairs of the Strait of Hormuz, nor will they permit others to manage it,” it said.
A similar spate of Iranian attacks on shipping and U.S. retaliatory strikes occurred late last month — which similarly drew Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait. Wednesday’s strikes also came as Trump was in Turkey for a summit of the NATO military alliance.
US revokes license for the sale of Iranian oil
The U.S. also revoked a license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil as part of the interim deal. That had allowed Iran for the first time in years to conduct oil sales openly on the international market for U.S. dollars. Iran long had been suspected of selling sanctioned crude oil at below-market prices to China.
The decision came after the strikes on shipping. One tanker was traveling off the coast of Oman when it was hit and caught fire, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. Iranian state television said the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings but did not directly claim the assault.
The other two ships sustained some damage, but no one was injured, and both continued on their way in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.K. maritime agency said. Iran has maintained a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz since the war, disrupting global energy markets as a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the channel in peacetime. The ships attacked Tuesday all appeared to be using a route close to Oman’s shore, rather than one ordered by Tehran.
Tehran repeatedly has declared that only its approved route through the strait is safe and is suspected of attacking other ships that have used the Oman route.
Majed al-Ansari, a spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, said the Qatari tanker Al Rekayyat was targeted in an “unacceptable attack” on international navigation and global energy security. He said Qatar holds Iran “fully legally responsible.”
Iran and the United States agreed as part of the interim deal to allow ships to pass without paying charges for 60 days. But Tehran insisted it must control the vessels’ routes and later charge fees for passage, which would upend decades of practice in the waterway.
The U.S. and many Gulf Arab states say they will not agree to Iran charging for passage through the strait.
