WASHINGTON/TEHRAN- Agencies:Iran’s parliament voted to approve the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz after the US attacked Iran’s nuclear sites, state media reported Sunday.
The decision still requires approval from the Islamic Republic’s Supreme National Security Council. Around one-fifth of the world’s total oil and gas consumption transits through the strait.
Maersk vessels continue to sail through the Strait of Hormuz following US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities overnight, though the company is ready to re-evaluate this based on available information, Reuters reports quoting a statement from the company.
“We will continuously monitor the security risk to our specific vessels in the region and are ready to take operational actions as needed,” the Danish shipping company said.
The Israeli military has said its fighter jets have struck “dozens” of targets across Iran, including a long-range missile site in Yazd in the centre of the country for the first time, AFP reports.
A statement said that “approximately 30 IAF (air force) fighter jets struck dozens of military targets throughout Iran”, including “the ‘Imam Hussein’ Strategic Missile Command Centre in the Yazd area, where long-range Khorramshahr missiles were stored”.
The statement also confirmed strikes on missile launchers in Bushehr province, where a “massive explosion” has been reported by Iranian media, as well as in Ahvaz in the southwest and central Isfahan.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes were the result of months of careful planning and warned Iran against any retaliation, promising a response “far greater than what was witnessed tonight.”
Hegseth emphasized that the operation, though powerful, avoided targeting Iranian troops or civilians. “This was a calculated mission to cripple Iran’s nuclear ambitions,” he said.
General Dan Cane, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, detailed the scale of the attack, stating that over 125 US military aircraft participated in the mission.