*The US military carries out more strikes on Iran with state media reporting explosions in the cities of Bushehr, Bandar Abbas, Mahshahr, and Abadan.

*Iran says it attacked US sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan as well as two oil supertankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

*The UAE says two of its national vessels were hit by Iranian cruise missiles as India summons an Iran official after an Indian crew member was killed and others were wounded.

*President Donald Trump says a US blockade will be reinstated on Iranian ports in the coming hours and Washington will become the Strait of Hormuz’s “guardian” for a 20 percent fee. Iran says it will remain the “guardian” of the waterway “forever”. (Aljazeera, 2026-07-14)