Despite a ceasefire and subsequent MoU, American strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure have triggered successive waves of Iranian missile and drone retaliation against US bases across the Persian Gulf, with operations Nasr-2 and Saeqeh inflicting mounting costs on American forces.

The IRGC says four “violating vessels” switched off their navigation systems and ignored warnings issued by the IRGC Navy’s Hormuz Strait control base.

The former director of the US National Counterterrorism Center says Washington must recognize that Iran has emerged as a major regional power following the US-Israeli aggression.

The Iranian Judiciary chief says the collapse of the US southern corridor scheme thwarted its sinister plot.

The emerging strategic equation between the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait has fundamentally reshaped the balance of power in West Asia, says a Yemeni analyst.

This episode traces the escalating military confrontation between Iran and the United States in the Persian Gulf during the Trump administration, focusing on the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it destroyed a US military radar installation at Ali Al Salem Air Base and struck a troop assembly area at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait during the 18th wave of Operation Nasr 2.