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A fragile truce<\/a> in the Middle East was under strain on Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran<\/a> exchanged fire in the Gulf as they wrestled for control of the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said in a social media post on Tuesday breaches of the four-week-old ceasefire by the United States and its allies had endangered shipping and energy transit through the vital waterway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know well that the continuation of the current situation is unbearable for the United States, while we have not even begun yet,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fresh volleys of missiles and drones came after U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> launched a new effort to get stranded tankers and other ships through the strait, the vital energy-trade chokepoint that has been virtually closed since the U.S. and Israel<\/a> began attacks on Iran in February, a war that has killed thousands of people across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, several merchant ships in the Gulf reported explosions or fires, the U.S. said it had destroyed six small Iranian military boats, and an oil port in the United Arab Emirates, which hosts a large U.S. military base, was set ablaze by Iranian missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump gave scant details about his new effort, which he called \u201cProject Freedom,\u201d to assist stuck ships in getting through the strait when he announced it on social media, two days after a legal deadline under U.S. law for him to get authorization from Congress for the war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump told Congress the war was \u201cterminated\u201d and the deadline was moot, a claim disputed by some lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first apparent attempt to use military force since last month\u2019s ceasefire announcement to unblock the world\u2019s most important energy shipping route, which Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has said can only happen with its permission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost of shipping insurance has also skyrocketed. For weeks, the U.S. Navy has blockaded Iran\u2019s trade by sea, which Iran says is itself an act of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Trump\u2019s latest move, at least initially, appeared to have backfired, bringing no surge of merchant ship traffic while provoking a promised show of force from Iran, which has threatened to respond to any escalation with new attacks on its neighbors hosting U.S. troops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major shipping companies said they were likely to wait for an agreed end to hostilities before trying to cross the strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Monday\u2019s events showed there was no military solution to the crisis. He said peace talks were progressing with Pakistan\u2019s mediation while warning the U.S. and the UAE against being drawn into a \u201cquagmire by ill-wishers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProject Freedom is Project Deadlock,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, the U.S. military said two U.S. merchant ships made it through the strait, without saying when, with the support of Navy guided-missile destroyers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Iran denied any crossings had taken place in recent hours, Maersk said the Alliance Fairfax, a U.S.-flagged ship, exited the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz accompanied by the U.S. military on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commander of U.S. forces in the region said his fleet had destroyed six small Iranian boats, which Iran also denied. Admiral Brad Cooper said he \u201cstrongly advised\u201d Iranian forces to keep clear of U.S. military assets carrying out the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranian authorities released a map of what they said was an expanded sea area now under their control, extending far beyond the strait to include long stretches of the UAE\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Korea reported one of its merchant ships, HMM Namu, in the strait suffered an explosion and fire in its engine room, though no one aboard was hurt, and a spokesman said it was unclear if the fire was caused by an attack or originated internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British maritime security agency UKMTO reported two ships had been hit off the coast of the UAE, and the Emirati oil company ADNOC said one of its empty oil tankers was hit by Iranian drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IRAN SETS UAE OIL PORT ABLAZE<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After reported drone and missile attacks inside the UAE throughout the day, including one that caused a fire at Fujairah, an important oil port, the UAE said Iranian attacks marked a serious escalation and it reserved the right to respond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fujairah lies beyond the strait, making it one of few export routes for Middle East oil that does not require passing through it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its government also said that it was implementing remote learning for school students for safety reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s state television network said military officials had confirmed they attacked the UAE in response to the \u201cU.S. military\u2019s adventurism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Iran said it had fired on a U.S. warship approaching the strait, forcing it to turn around. An initial Iranian report had said a U.S. warship was struck, but the U.S. denied this and Iranian officials later described the fire as warning shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters could not independently verify the full situation in the strait on Monday as the warring sides issued contradictory statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s unified command has told commercial ships and oil tankers that they needed to coordinate with its armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe warn that any foreign armed forces, especially the aggressive U.S. Army, will be attacked if they intend to approach and enter the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. and Israel suspended their bombing of Iran four weeks ago, and U.S. and Iranian officials held one round of face-to-face peace talks. But attempts to set up further meetings have failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranian state media said on Sunday that the U.S. had conveyed its response to a 14-point Iranian proposal via Pakistan, and Iran was reviewing it. Neither side gave details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Iranian proposal would postpone discussion of Iran\u2019s nuclear energy and research programs until after an agreement to end the war and resolve the standoff over shipping. Trump said over the weekend he was still studying it but would probably reject it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest U.S. intelligence shows limited damage to Iran\u2019s nuclear program, which Iran says is a purely peaceful civilian nuclear program, since the war began, officials told Reuters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities were bombed by the U.S. and Israel in attacks last year. Trump wants to remove Iran\u2019s stockpiles of enriched uranium to prevent Iran from processing it further to the point where it could make a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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