Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have threatened to target US sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported on Saturday, as Washington continued to wait for Tehran’s response to its latest proposal for a peace deal. Follow our live blog for all the latest updates.
States complying with US sanctions will face Gulf transit difficulties, Iranian army says
Vessels from countries that comply with US sanctions against Iran will, from now, face difficulties crossing the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Army Spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia said according to semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Iranian lawmakers have said they are drafting a bill to formalise Iran’s management of the Strait of Hormuz, with clauses including forbidding passage to vessels of “hostile states.”
British military says ship caught fire after being hit off coast of Qatar
The British military said a ship caught fire after being hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Qatar.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said the attack caused a small fire on the bulk carrier, which was extinguished.
The attack happened 23 nautical miles (43 kilometers) northeast of Qatar’s capital, Doha, the UKMTO said.
There were no reported casualties, it said.
Iran’s Guards threaten US sites as Trump waits for Tehran response
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards threatened Saturday to target US sites if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported, as Washington continued to wait for Tehran’s response to its latest negotiating position.
“Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships,” it said, a day after US strikes on two Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
US President Donald Trump had said on Friday he was expecting Iran’s answer to Washington’s latest proposal for a peace deal “supposedly tonight”.
• Satellite images appeared to show an oil slick spreading off the coast of Iran’s Kharg Island, a key oil export terminal for the Islamic republic.
• Irael’s military called on residents of more than half a dozen villages in southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate ahead of expected attacks against Hezbollah despite a truce with Lebanon intended to halt the fighting.
• Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike on the southern town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a girl, in the latest attack during a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. At least 12 people, including two children and a paramedic, have been killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes, the Lebanese health ministry reported.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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