Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed after the resumption of hostilities between the US and Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Maritime traffic remains at a post-conflict high across both the southern Omani corridor and the northern Iranian-controlled route,” JMIC said. “US-assisted commercial transits continued uninterrupted despite the elevated threat environment.”<\/p>\n
The US and Iran have traded attacks on each other\u2019s military infrastructure. Both have accused the other of violating a ceasefire agreement. The violence threatens US efforts to return shipping traffic to the pre-war average of about 138 vessels a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Analysts say Iran is using the crisis to reshape power dynamics in Hormuz and replace long\u2011standing navigational norms. Tehran is leveraging the disruption to strengthen its position over the waterway and maintain pressure on energy markets.<\/p>\n
US Forces Strike Iran<\/p>\n
The conflict reignited on Thursday after Tehran attacked a container ship, prompting Washington to strike Iranian targets the next day. JMIC said commercial vessels, including a tanker, had been targeted in the past 72 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
US forces launched strikes overnight Saturday “in direct response to continued Iranian aggression,” Central Command said<\/a> on X. US aircraft targeted Iranian surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to,” the US military\u2019s Central Command said in a statement<\/a> posted on X on Saturday. President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that “there may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry condemned the US strikes as a blatant violation of the interim peace deal. He said Tehran would use all its capabilities to defend the country\u2019s sovereignty, security, and national interests. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched strikes at the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the 5th Fleet naval base in Bahrain.<\/p>\n “If the Iranian regime thinks President Trump is going to stand by while they take an intentional waterway hostage, they\u2019re sadly mistaken,” US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz, said Sunday<\/a>. “The international community stands with the US in opposition to Tehran\u2019s menacing behavior.”<\/p>\n Iran Warns About Hormuz<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi warned<\/a> today that renewed fighting would delay reopening the strategic waterway. He called on “all parties” to refrain from interfering in Iran\u2019s management of the strait.\u00a0<\/p>\n