U.S. Strikes Targets in Iran and Revokes Oil-Sales Waiver After Tanker Attacks

U.S. military forces struck targets in Iran in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. Treasury revoked a waiver allowing global sales of Iranian oil hours before the strikes.

The strikes occurred nearly three weeks after a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the U.S. was signed. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reported one member killed and several people injured. World leaders arrived in Ankara for the second day of the NATO summit.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte backed the U.S. military action. -Israel conflict with Iran. President Trump stated that Greenland should be controlled by the United States, not Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen stated that allies should respect Denmark’s sovereignty and that Greenland is not for sale.

Ukraine’s president urged NATO members to increase military support for air defenses after a new wave of Russian attacks on Kyiv. The president signed new agreements with Estonia, the Netherlands, and Denmark during the summit. Ukraine’s air force reported that none of seven Russian missiles launched overnight were intercepted, though the drone interception rate reached about 80 percent.

Gulf Cooperation Council leaders are monitoring the summit for possible NATO responses to the Iran-U.S. fighting, according to Muhanad Seloom of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. "The NATO leader Rutte said these US attacks were necessary, signaling NATO stands behind the US retaliation against Iran," Seloom said.