Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz After 170 US Strikes as Trump Threatens 1,000 Missiles
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Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 11
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz After 170 US Strikes as Trump Threatens 1,000 Missiles
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 11
Summary
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said the Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice after warning shots at a commercial vessel and earlier attacks on three ships transiting outside Tehran’s approved route.
More than 170 U.S. strikes followed, hitting targets deeper inside Iran than at any point since the truce and reportedly expanding beyond military sites to infrastructure including a bridge and a rail line.
Trump then declared the ceasefire “OVER” and warned that 1,000 missiles were aimed at Iran if Tehran acted on reported assassination threats against him, while U.S. officials still said Qatar-mediated back channels were pursuing a broader deal.
Tehran’s harder-line mood has intensified since Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral, with successor Mojtaba Khamenei vowing revenge and public chants targeting officials seen as too open to negotiations.
The renewed confrontation threatens both shipping and diplomacy as Iran, facing at least $270 billion in reconstruction costs and fresh U.S. sanctions, ties its postwar posture to escalation rather than economic relief.