Following the new wave of attack by the United States against Iran, the Iranian Navy decreed that the Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed “until further notice”. The information was released by the news agency More. According to the report, nNo vessel will be able to leave the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman and if it approaches the Strait of Hormuz it will be considered an enemy target by the Iranians.
Decision comes after the United States launched this Wednesday (10). American forces began “additional attacks in self-defense against multiple targets in Iran,” the United States Central Command (Centcom) said in a post on the X network. the second consecutive day of attacks against the Islamic Republicafter the downing of a United States helicopter on Monday (08) by an Iranian drone.
President Donald , after accusing Tehran of toying with Washington. “We’re going to attack them… we’re going to attack them very hard,” Trump said at the White House, adding that this will happen starting this Wednesday. “We were really close to an agreement, but they keep stalling, they keep making fools of us.”
Trump had said on Tuesday (09) that an agreement to end the more than three months of war would be announced within three days, but, in the early hours of today, there was crossfire. The American president indicated to the Fox News channel which is increasingly thinking about launching attacks on Iranian power plants and bridges.
Helicopter stay
A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (08). The two crew members who were on board the aircraft survived the accident and are doing well, President Donald Trump said. Iranian state media also confirmed the accident.
Apache helicopters have been a key asset to the American military. They have been active in enforcing the blockade on the transport of Iranian crude oil and tankers, in an attempt to pressure Tehran to reach a ceasefire agreement.
The model was also used by the United Arab Emirates to shoot down drones Iranians during the war with Iran, which promised to respond to the US attack. “Despite defeats on the battlefield, the US chose to test our resolve. The history of the Persian Gulf has many chapters about the terrible fates of external invaders,” Araghchi added.
