• The US has launched a military operation ‘Project Freedom’ to break Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Two US destroyers and two US-flagged merchant ships successfully transited the strait.
  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired warning rockets at US warships, but the US says all attacks were repelled.
  • Iran attacked industrial areas in the United Arab Emirates with four cruise missiles, causing a large fire.
  • The US destroyed six Iranian fast boats that threatened commercial shipping.
  • President Trump threatened to ‘wipe Iran off the face of the earth’ if it attacks US ships.
  • Iran’s parliament called the US action piracy and a violation of the ceasefire.

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