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<\/p>\nThe US has launched a new wave of strikes against Iran after the latter attacked a civilian vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Iran said it considered the key waterway closed after accusing a Cyprus flagged container ship, the M\/V GFS Galaxy, to be taking an \u201cunauthorised\u201d route.<\/p>\n
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An attack on a container ship has led to renewed strikes against Iran.\u00a0Amirhosein Khorgooi\/ISNA via AP<\/p>\n
In a statement, US Central Command claimed a civilian was missing, and that Iran had failed to adhere to previous agreements not to attack civilian vessels.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran was provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding after being held accountable for earlier attacks on commercial vessels but has again failed,\u201d the statement posted on X said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn response, the United States is imposing a heavy cost by continuing to degrade Iran\u2019s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait. The strikes are being carried out at the direction of the Commander in Chief.\u201d<\/p>\n
It said the container ship also suffered \u201csignificant damage\u201d and was unable to move as a result.<\/p>\n
Senior US officials had previously said in Washington that negotiations to further cement last month\u2019s deal to end the war will be unable to progress without the strait being secure \u2014 and had even said they expected Iran to offer public statements to that effect.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Revolutionary Guards Corps stated in an online post on Saturday that Iran launched warning shots at a \u201cviolating ship.\u201d <\/p>\n
Iran further reported that the strait would now remain closed until further notice.<\/p>\n
Supreme Leader issues fresh threat after emotional week<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader has vowed to take revenge after the death of his father Ali Khamenei in his first public statement since a week-long funeral procession for the slain Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n
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Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed revenge on those who killed his father.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n
Mojtaba Khamenei insisted Iran would avenge those killed in the war<\/a> in a week of high emotion and heavy anti-US sentiment in response to their role in the former Supreme Leader\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \u201cRevenge is the demand of our nation, and most certainly must be carried out,\u201d he said in a statement carried on Iranian state television.<\/p>\n Mojtaba has not been seen in public since taking power, believed to have been badly disfigured in the same strike that killed his father.<\/p>\n Despite rumours of his true health, he communicates to his inner circle and in writing, including on his personal Telegram account.<\/p>\n Mojtaba Khamenei has shared several strong threats on the platform this week, calling the deaths of his father and several high-ranking leaders in the country \u201ccriminal\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe pledge to avenge your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two [recent] wars by taking revenge against the criminal, disgraceful murderers,\u201d he said in one post.<\/p>\n Huge crowds gather for the burial of Iran\u2019s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Reza Shrine in Iran.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cThis vengeance is what our nation is demanding, and this must definitely be done.\u201d<\/p>\n The threats come after US<\/a> President Donald Trump<\/a> claimed to leave instructions<\/a> on what the United States should do in the event of his assassination by Iran.<\/p>\n Trump had claimed Israel had told him such a plot existed, though he later walked this back.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been on their list for a long time,\u201d Trump said to the New York Post.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing is, I\u2019ve left instructions \u2014 if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they\u2019ve never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n A thousand \u201cmissiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat,\u201d Trump wrote on social media overnight.<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump is back to square one when it comes to keeping Iran in check.\u00a0AP Photo\/Alex Brandon<\/p>\n He said he was responding to threats \u201cto assassinate, or attempt to assassinate\u201d him.<\/p>\n During Khamenei\u2019s funeral, mourners held posters or banners calling for Trump to be killed along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n Trump has declared the ceasefire over but said the US would continue negotiations.<\/p>\n US officials, speaking on Friday on condition of anonymity about the current situation with Iran, said the resumption of strikes in recent days came after what they described as a rogue faction of Iranian hard-liners tried to sabotage the ceasefire.<\/p>\n Iran has insisted its theocracy is unified under the new supreme leader.<\/p>\n After the US wrapped up its latest strikes on Thursday, more attacks reportedly hit Iran, raising questions about who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n Israel didn\u2019t claim them, meaning the Gulf Arab states may have launched them, likely as a means to deter Iran from attacking them again. <\/p>\n Iran on Thursday retaliated for US strikes by targeting Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar.<\/p>\n The strikes in Iran over two days killed at least 17 people and wounded 115 others, Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said.<\/p>\n Reported with Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US has launched a new wave of strikes against Iran after the latter attacked a civilian 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