The US began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT) to “further degrade Iranian military capabilities,” US Central Command said in a statement.

At 2 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran for the fifth consecutive night to further degrade Iranian military capabilities.

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)

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The US military said it launched another round of strikes on Iran early Sunday, the third in recent days, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck a container ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz and declared the waterway closed until further notice.

Tehran later appeared to target Gulf states and an air base in Jordan, having threatened to expand its response to new US-related targets if it faced new attacks. It was unclear whether it would make good on its Friday threat to possibly target Israel as well if American strikes persisted.

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1. Iran is threatening the resumption of large-scale conflict by striking civilian vessels and the Gulf states to try to achieve permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s attacks illustrate that Iran views control over the strait as its primary strategic deterrent and that Iran is unlikely to abandon its efforts to control the strait in response to opposition from the Gulf states.
2. The United States struck 90 targets across Iran on July 8 to degrade Iran’s ability to attack international shipping. Recent US strikes have had no visible effect on Iran’s ability to threaten shipping, and it is unclear when these strikes would have an effect on Iran’s ability or willingness to threaten shipping.
3. Iran also likely calculates that it can use control of the strait as economic leverage to shape US decision-making and deter further US military action. ISW-CTP continues to assess that any arrangement that recognizes Iranian control over the strait would preserve Iran’s ability to close the strait at will to advance its strategic objectives.
4. Some Iranian officials have threatened to change Iran’s nuclear doctrine, likely in part to try to deter the United States from conducting further strikes on Iran.

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TEHRAN — A sea of mourners dressed in black flooded into Iran’s capital Monday for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with throngs of people calling for the death of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin, and those of members of his family killed in a February 28 airstrike at the start of the war launched by Israel and the United States, sat on board a truck decorated to resemble the ornamental grating that surrounds the shrine of an imam. The massive turnout, encouraged by Iran’s theocracy as a sign of strength, came as it negotiates with the US over a permanent end to the war that killed the 86-year-old cleric who ruled Iran for decades.

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A trickle of marine traffic was passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday despite an attack on a ship in the vital waterway a day earlier, as Iran reiterated its warnings for ships to follow a Tehran-approved route.

A flow of vessels transiting via an alternative route close to Oman in recent days has drawn Iran’s ire, as it works to maintain its grip on the key trade route despite the United States’ assertion that the strait is open.

The two sides have been engaged in a public dispute over the future of the waterway as they clash over the terms of their initial deal to end the war, with Iran intent on maintaining its leverage while American and global officials insist transit must be free.

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The general license, announced by the Treasury Department, allows the sale of crude oil and petrochemical and petroleum products ​of Iranian origin through August 21.

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President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have signed a memorandum of understanding, laying out terms for ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump could be seen signing the memorandum late Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles in video published by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Asked by a reporter about the signing while leaving Versailles, Trump said, “It’s signed. Signed in Versailles. Just signed it.”

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