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Iran and U.S. forces exchange strikes over Hormuz shipping routes
Iranian forces struck U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain after U.S. Central Command attacked ten Iranian targets. The clashes follow a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire and renewed disputes over passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iranian forces carried out strikes on U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain on Sunday after U.S. Central Command attacked ten Iranian military targets earlier that day. The U.S. strikes targeted missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar installations, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command.
Officials said the action responded to an Iranian drone attack on the Panama-flagged tanker Kiku.
Ceasefire under strain A Pakistan-brokered memorandum signed earlier this month had called for sixty days of free commercial passage through the strait. Iran insists vessels use a corridor near its coast, while dozens of ships have instead sailed along the Omani side.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any new routing arrangements would increase tensions and delay reopening of the waterway. Iran's Revolutionary Guards stated they would enforce traffic rules more firmly than before.
