The fragile US-Iran ceasefire has suffered another major blow after Tehran launched missile and drone attacks on US bases and strategic sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar following days of strikes on Iranian cities.

Follow The Hindu for live updates as U.S. strikes Iran after attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating West Asia tensions and raising fears of wider regional conflict.

Iranian state television claimed this week that a foreign ship got stuck in the Strait of Hormuz after ignoring instructions to use a route laid out by the Islamic Republic's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

Iranian hardliners abruptly cut off a television interview with the country’s chief peace negotiator as he was defending the deal with the United States.

Iran will strike enemy targets at a ratio of at least two to one - Iran's Press TV, citing an informed Security Source. Iran's Press TV, citing Informed Source: Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz in the event of any fresh attacks on Iran.

NAJAF, July 7 (Reuters) - The coffin of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrived in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Tuesday after funeral ceremonies in Iran, bringing a multi-day procession to one of Shi'ite Islam's most sacred sites following the leader's death in a February 28 U.

Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions. Traffic normalization by August 31 at 17.5% YES.