Wanaukumbi.
Iran imeanzisha mashambulizi dhidi ya mataifa ya Ghuba na kutangaza Mlango-Bahari wa Hormuz kufungwa baada ya Marekani kufanya mashambulizi yake ya tatu katika wiki moja, katika ongezeko kubwa huku mzozo unaoendelea ukiendelea.
Tehran siku ya Jumapili ilidai mashambulizi dhidi ya Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar na Oman, ikiyaita majibu yake kwa mabomu mapya ya Marekani dhidi ya miji iliyoko pwani yake ya kusini.
Mashambulizi hayo makubwa ya Marekani yalikuja baada ya Iran kufunga Mlango-Bahari wa Hormuz - njia muhimu ya maji na mojawapo ya maeneo muhimu zaidi katika mzozo huo - ikiishutumu Washington kwa kukiuka mkataba wa makubaliano (MoU) uliosainiwa kati ya pande hizo mbili mwezi uliopita.
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Iran has mounted attacks on Gulf states and declared the Strait of Hormuz closed after the United States conducted its third round of strikes in a week, in a serious escalation as the ongoing conflict spirals.
Tehran on Sunday claimed attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and Oman, calling them its response to renewed US bombings on cities along its southern coast.
The widescale US strikes came after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz — a critical waterway and one of the biggest flashpoints in the conflict — accusing Washington of violating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two sides last month.
Why has Iran attacked Gulf states and closed Hormuz?
Iran launched missile and drone attacks targeting US military bases and facilities in several Gulf states, while the US Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out a third round of strikes targeting radar, missile, and drone sites across southern Iran last week.
The US attacks came after Iran opened fire on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and announced the closure of the strategic waterway until further notice, with one crew member missing, according to CENTCOM.
Iran’s powerful parliament speaker and key peace negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said on Sunday, “The era of one-sided deals is over.”
“We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking,” Ghalibaf posted on X with an image of Article 5 of the MoU, which relates to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire with Iran was over. His statement was followed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei pledging to avenge his father’s killing.
Source: Al Jazeera
