Jul 13, 2026 09:28 AM IST The US launches more strikes on Iran as the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalates The United States launched several waves of strikes on Iran into Monday morning, in response to an Iranian attack over the weekend that set a container ship ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz and left a crew member missing a strike that triggered Iranian retaliation against multiple countries across the Middle East.
Missile alert sirens sounded at dawn Monday in Bahrain, home to the US Navy's 5th Fleet, though there was no immediate word of damage, while Iranian state media confirmed fresh attacks on Iranian soil early Monday, reporting explosions in several locations and at least one death.
Sunday's Iranian strikes had already reached Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Oman whose waters along the strait make the narrow Gulf passage, once carrying a fifth of the world's oil and gas trade, the central flashpoint threatening the interim US-Iran deal.
