00:00Iran has launched retaliatory strikes against U.S. assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan
00:06after Washington carried out another round of attacks on targets in Iran overnight.
00:11Iran's foreign ministry said the latest exchange of strikes had effectively rendered the April ceasefire as meaningless.
00:18Tehran's military has also warned it will target any vessel attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
00:23The U.S. Central Command, however, denied that the Strait has been closed or that any of its vessels had
00:30been hit.
00:30It said commercial shipping continues to move through the waterway, despite Iran's threats.
00:35The U.S. has maintained its own blockade on Iranian ports and said it fired on a vessel in the
00:41Gulf of Oman on Wednesday,
00:43after it allegedly ignored orders to stop while transporting Iranian oil.
00:47India later said three missing seafarers from that vessel had died.
00:51The U.S. and Iran have exchanged fire several times since the fragile ceasefire took effect,
00:57even as diplomatic efforts to end the four-month conflict have failed to produce a breakthrough.
01:02U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said an agreement is closed,
01:06while also warning that military action could resume if talks collapse.
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