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Launched ballistic missile and drone attacks on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain on June 2 following US strike on Qeshm Island; approximately 4 vessels per day transiting Hormuz under PGSA toll regime as of June 1
Negotiators reached a tentative deal on May 28: a 60-day ceasefire with Hormuz open toll-free, the US naval blockade lifted, and a follow-on nuclear talks window. Trump and Iran's supreme leader both withheld final sign-off, and Trump publicly demanded rewrites on uranium disposal and toll rules.
Updated Yesterday
Continuing attacks under nominal ceasefire; fired on Indian tankers April 18; launched 15 missiles and drones at UAE May 4; attacked three US Navy destroyers in Hormuz May 7
A Pakistan-brokered Iran-US ceasefire on April 7-8 collapsed in days — Iran demanded tolls above $1 million per ship and peace talks in Islamabad failed on April 11-12. The US imposed a naval blockade of all Iranian ports on April 13; Iran formally closed the Strait again on April 18. IRGC gunboats then fired on two Indian-flagged tankers that held valid transit clearance.
Updated 5 days ago
Asymmetric capabilities largely intact
The last time the United States sank Iranian warships was April 18, 1988. Thirty-eight years later, American forces destroyed nine Iranian naval vessels in a single day and demolished the country's naval headquarters at Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman.
Key actor in interdictions and escalatory maritime signaling
Iranian authorities boarded a foreign-flag tanker near Jask in the Gulf of Oman and detained 18 crew members, including the captain. Iran says the ship carried roughly 6 million litres of “smuggled” diesel and tried to flee after ignoring stop orders.
Updated May 15
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