{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Oil Shipping Grinds to a Halt at Hormuz as American Bombs Fall on Iran for a Seventh Night",
  "summary": "American forces have struck Iran for a seventh straight night after the temporary ceasefire was declared over. Traffic has almost entirely stopped in the Strait of Hormuz, the channel that normally carries about a fifth of the world's oil.",
  "content": "American forces are now pounding Iran for a seventh consecutive night, ever since Donald Trump declared that the temporary ceasefire agreement was \"over\". The US Central Command, Centcom, made its intent plain in a statement, saying the operation is being run at the direction of the Commander in Chief and is meant to keep degrading Iranian military capabilities. The pace of the bombing has dragged the entire Gulf region deeper into crisis.\n\nPhotographs that emerged on Friday showed a damaged bridge in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, a fresh reminder of the destruction the fighting has left behind.\n\nRival claims over tankers in Hormuz\nIran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) claimed that two oil tankers had blown up in the Strait of Hormuz as they passed through a mined section of the shipping channel. Centcom later brushed the claim aside as false. Iranian media said explosions had been heard in the central city of Yazd, on Qeshm island, and at the port of Bandar Abbas, which sits right beside the strait.\n\nAccording to Iranian state media, the two tankers exploded and caught fire while moving through a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz. Centcom, however, hit back on X with a blunt line: \"Like most IRGC claims, this is false.\"\n\nA chokepoint the world depends on\nWith US and Iranian forces trading blow for blow, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has almost entirely stopped. In normal times this narrow passage handles roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies. That makes any blockage here a problem far beyond the region, one that reaches straight into the global energy market.\n\nIran's claims of hitting US bases\nOn Friday, Iran's armed forces said they had struck multiple American military facilities scattered across the Gulf, in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and, for the first time, Syria. The United States denied it. Earlier, Kuwaiti officials said Iranian drone strikes had wounded a number of their soldiers, and had also damaged a power plant and water desalination stations.\n\nOver the past week, several American service members were injured during Iranian attacks on two Jordanian bases. The confrontation is clearly no longer confined to Iranian soil, but spreading across the wider Gulf.\n\nThe dispute over civilian targets\nTehran had accused American forces of striking civilian sites inside Iran, including bridges, a train station and an airport, a charge Washington rejected. Provincial authorities in Hormozgan, the region caught in the attacks, said seven people had been killed.\n\nDamage to the Gariveh Bridge has been confirmed. Footage filmed at night showed a ball of flames sitting on top of the structure, while daylight images revealed a crumbled stretch of road and rubble scattered around the broken bridge. A White House spokesperson insisted that the US had carried out strikes exclusively on military targets, including military logistics infrastructure.\n\nA week of nightly strikes since talks collapsed\nFriday marked a full week of nightly American attacks since peace talks with Iran fell apart. It was the rising tension over the future of the Strait of Hormuz that derailed efforts to secure a permanent ceasefire in the first place. For now, commercial vessels have all but stopped sailing through the strait, and there is no sign of the exchange of strikes easing.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: The Strait of Hormuz carries about a fifth of the world's oil and gas, so a halt in traffic there could push up petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices in India.\n• For Gulf workers: With strikes spreading to Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and Syria, the safety and movement of millions of Indian migrants living in these countries could be directly affected.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. How many nights has the US now struck Iran?\nAmerican forces are carrying out strikes for a seventh consecutive night. The campaign began after the temporary ceasefire was declared over.\n\n2. Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter?\nIn normal times the passage carries about one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies. Amid the current fighting, shipping traffic there has almost entirely stopped.\n\n3. What is the claim about the oil tanker explosions?\nThe IRGC said two oil tankers exploded while passing through a mined part of the channel. Centcom dismissed the claim as false.\n\n4. How many people were killed in Hormozgan province?\nProvincial authorities said seven people were killed in the attacks.\n\n5. Which countries did Iran claim to have struck US facilities in?\nIran claimed to have hit US military facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and, for the first time, Syria, which the United States denied.\n\n6. What did the White House say about its strikes?\nA White House spokesperson said the US had carried out strikes exclusively on military targets, including military logistics infrastructure.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/middle-east/hormuz-jaladamarumadhya-men-thapa-hua-tela-vyapara-iran-para-lagatara-satavin-rata-ameriki-hamale-8446",
  "category": "Middle East",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-18",
  "tags": [
    "Iran US tensions",
    "Strait of Hormuz",
    "US air strikes",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Revolutionary Guards",
    "ceasefire",
    "Hormozgan province",
    "oil tankers"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}