U.S. and Iran trade strikes after attack near Strait of Hormuz

NEWS: Another vessel has reportedly been struck in the Strait of Hormuz. The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) says a tanker was hit by an unidentified projectile, damaging the ship’s bridge. All crew members are reported safe, with no environmental damage reported so far.

The new US-Iran fire is likely because US representatives told the Iranians they can charge tolls to transit the Strait of Hormuz, told the Gulf Arabs and US public there’d be no tolls, and hoped “Peace Deal!” headlines would be enough. Turns out, punting on all hard questions isn’t actually peace.

The United States has violated the war-ending memorandum with Iran by creating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, advisor to Iran’s supreme leader says. He adds that response to any violation of the memorandum will be swift and decisive.-Al Arabiya

US, Iran trade strikes: What to know, will it unravel the MoU? https://aje.news/b31eg9

A Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the second attack since the 60-day ceasefire accord was signed between the US and Iran. www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents

“The fact that we’re even talking about the Strait of Hormuz means that this war did not go according to plan.” Former Asst. Defense Sec. Mara Karlin on the Iran war after the U.S. launched strikes on Iran in response to an Iranian attack on a cargo ship in the Strait.

BREAKING: Iran just struck an oil tanker in the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Oman. Iran has been attacking vessels using the new route near the coast of Oman which was opened by Oman 48 hours ago.

YOU YANKS ARE F#CKED Trump can't control the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool so how the f#ck is he going to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Oh look, the US Pentagon delayed publicly announcing US strikes on Iran until after the US stock market had closed at 4 PM ET on Friday, per NBC News. #collapse

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Iran said Saturday it has struck US-linked targets in response to American attacks on Friday against Iranian military sites. US had accused Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement as it launched those strikes, saying its actions were in response to Iranian attacks.

U.N. WORKS TO EVACUATE SHIPS FROM THE HORMUZ STRAIT: The U.N.’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) will continue efforts to evacuate over 500 ships‌ from the Strait of Hormuz. Operations were halted earlier in the week after Iran struck a cargo ship on Thursday.

TRUMP IS A RABID MORON MF STOP ENDLESS OIL WARS

U.S. launches strikes against Iran following attack on ship in Strait of Hormuz. A U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations as well as coastal radar sites on Friday, U.S. Central Command said. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Trump thinks he is still hosting the Apprentice.He has sent Vance to negotiate with the Iranians.Meanwhile, Rubio, a neocon, is visiting the Arab states and Israel to stoke continued warfare. We are all suffering while American foreign policy is unclear, inconsistent and insane.

When you put two real estate developers in charge of major diplomacy... "Iran launched a drone assault targeting Bahrain while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday, likely Tehran’s response to overnight airstrikes by the United States."