{"id":129699,"date":"2026-07-20T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=129699"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T12:14:21","slug":"us-strikes-iran-for-9th-day-irgc-say-hormuz-to-remain-unsafe-as-long-as-american-aggression-continues-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/129699\/","title":{"rendered":"US strikes Iran for 9th day; IRGC say Hormuz to remain unsafe as long as American &#8216;aggression&#8217; continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web desk(National Times)-  The United States hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised, adding that the waterway would remain unsafe as long as US \u201caggression\u201d in the region continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, US Central Command said it targeted \u201cIranian military command centres, air defense and coastal surveillance sites, maritime capabilities, missile and drone launch sites, and communications networks to further diminish Iran\u2019s ability to attack commercial vessels and civilian mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strikes are part of an escalating cycle of attacks between the US and Iran after an interim ceasefire agreement signed a month ago unravelled, deepening a struggle for control over the Strait of Hormuz that has disrupted energy supplies and stoked fears of global inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s semi-official&nbsp;<em>Tasnim<\/em>&nbsp;news agency, citing its own reporters, said US missiles struck several Iranian cities early on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explosions were heard in Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Mahshahr and Bandar Imam Khomeini, according to&nbsp;<em>Tasnim<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US Secretary of State Marco Rubio<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016958\/rubio-urges-global-powers-to-share-burden-of-protecting-strait-of-hormuz-shipping\">&nbsp;said<\/a>&nbsp;the United States would continue to target Iran while it attacked global commercial shipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and they continue to launch against the ships in that international waterway,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs long as Iran insists on controlling an international waterway, we\u2019re gonna have to respond to that. The US always remains open to a diplomatic solution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016977\/us-strikes-iran-for-9th-day-irgc-say-hormuz-to-remain-unsafe-as-long-as-american-aggression-continues#iran-says-attacked-us-bases-oil-tankers-damaged\"><\/a>Iran says attacked US bases, oil tankers damaged<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For its part, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a surprise strike against \u201cthe enemy\u2019s special operations headquarters in Syria\u2019s Al-Tanf area\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Revolutionary Guards also said they<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016947\/irgc-claims-us-aircrafts-targeted-at-jordans-aqaba-airport\">&nbsp;targeted<\/a>&nbsp;US aircraft at Jordan\u2019s Aqaba airport with ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran earlier conducted a drone&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/2016650\">attack&nbsp;<\/a>on US military assets and equipment at Kuwait\u2019s Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al Salem Air Base, Iranian state TV reported early on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kuwait\u2019s government said a desalination plant was attacked for the second day running, causing a fire, in what it called a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AS8N42F039&amp;linkedFromStory=true\">direct strike<\/a>&nbsp;on vital civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerns about the flow of energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz have persisted since the United States and Iran resumed open hostilities after accusing each other of repeatedly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2012971\">violating a ceasefire deal.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said late on Sunday that it received a report that a vessel was on fire not far from the Omani coast, although it had not verified a cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Revolutionary Guards said on Monday that two oil tankers had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016403\">exploded&nbsp;<\/a>and been immobilised after attempting to transit what it described as an unsafe southern route through Hormuz, alleging the vessels had been encouraged by the US military to use the passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement gave no details on the vessels\u2019 names, flags, crews or any casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guards said the waterway would remain unsafe as long as US \u201caggression\u201d in the region continued, warning that \u201cthis passage will not be safe for the transit of petrochemical products, nor even a single drop of oil and gas\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four vessels&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL1N43L06L&amp;linkedFromStory=true\">made the transit<\/a>&nbsp;through Hormuz on Sunday, down from eight the previous day, LSEG data showed. At least three oil products\u2019 tankers and one Very Large Crude Carrier have entered the strait since Friday to load oil, the data showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?search=all%3AL1N43L05Z&amp;linkedFromStory=true\">Oil prices<\/a>&nbsp;rose 2 per cent to more than $90 a barrel on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest American casualty reported in the war, the US military said on Sunday that a service member was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/2016789\">killed&nbsp;<\/a>on Saturday in northern Iraq, where the US has military bases, during a controlled detonation of what Central Command called unexploded ordnance on a downed Iranian attack drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US military said earlier that two service personnel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016624\">died&nbsp;<\/a>in Jordan and that a third was missing in action. On Sunday, Central Command said that \u201cunidentified remains\u201d had been found at the site of Friday\u2019s attack and that \u201can examination process to verify the remains is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web desk(National Times)- The United States hit Iran for a ninth consecutive day on Monday as concerns grew over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said two oil tankers had exploded and been immobilised, adding that the waterway would remain unsafe as long as US \u201caggression\u201d in the region continued. 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