President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations last month aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.
The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks.
Traffic is flowing' in the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM says
Despite IRGC claims to the contrary, the “Strait of Hormuz is open to all vessels seeking to lawfully transit the international waterway,” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X Sunday morning.
"U.S. forces are positioned and prepared to ensure that freedom of navigation remains available despite unwarranted Iranian aggression, harassment, threats, and arbitrary declarations. Iran does not control the strait,” the post reads. "Traffic is flowing.”
The Joint Maritime Information Center also says the Strait of Hormuz is open but maintains the regional threat level as “severe” as traffic has continued to flow at a trickle in recent days.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy announced Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and claimed a commercial vessel transiting the waterway was hit and "halted" by a "warning shot" it fired, according to Iranian media.
The statement also said that any U.S. or allied response would be met by "severe" retaliation.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston
Traffic is flowing' in the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM says
Despite IRGC claims to the contrary, the “Strait of Hormuz is open to all vessels seeking to lawfully transit the international waterway,” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X Sunday morning.
"U.S. forces are positioned and prepared to ensure that freedom of navigation remains available despite unwarranted Iranian aggression, harassment, threats, and arbitrary declarations. Iran does not control the strait,” the post reads. "Traffic is flowing.”
The Joint Maritime Information Center also says the Strait of Hormuz is open but maintains the regional threat level as “severe” as traffic has continued to flow at a trickle in recent days.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy announced Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and claimed a commercial vessel transiting the waterway was hit and "halted" by a "warning shot" it fired, according to Iranian media.
The statement also said that any U.S. or allied response would be met by "severe" retaliation.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston
'Keep your word or pay the price,' Ghalibaf says after strikes
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament who has served as Tehran's chief negotiator in peace talks, suggested in a post to X on Sunday that the U.S. had failed to honor last month's memorandum of understanding.
"The era of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking.," Ghalibaf wrote, posting a screenshot of the text of the MOU in which Iran committed to arranging safe passage for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Ghalibaf's post came after the U.S. launched a new round of airstrikes on Iranian targets in response to Tehran's attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps alleged in a statement that was read on state run TV on Saturday that several ships used unapproved routes and ignored warnings from the IRGC Navy.
The IRGC Navy said that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and claimed that a commercial vessel transiting the waterway was hit and "halted" by a "warning shot" it fired.
Qatar intercepts missiles, Kuwait defends against 'hostile' targets in airspace
The Ministry of Defense in Qatar said early on Sunday that the country's armed forces intercepted "a number" of ballistic missile attacks, as the Kuwait Army said it confronted "hostile aerial targets" within its airspace.
Those attacks followed renewed U.S. strikes on Iranian targets, although neither Qatar nor Kuwait detailed where the strikes originated from. Air raid sirens also blared in Bahrain early on Sunday.
"The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosion sounds heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks," the Kuwait Army said in an update.
Kuwaiti forces urged residents to "adhere to security and safety instructions."
Bahrain did not detail a specific threat, but said its air raid sirens were activated.
"The siren has been sounded," Bahrain's Interior Ministry said in a social media post. "Citizens and
residents are urged to remain calm and head to
