The future of the Iran War remained uncertain on Friday, the war’s 133rd day, near the end of a week in which the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes, the U.S. seemingly withdrew from the memorandum of understanding to end the conflict, a series of unclaimed strikes hit Iran, and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell significantly. The series of unclaimed airstrikes hit Iran Thursday as Tehran prepared to bury its assassinated, former supreme leader and after the U.S. said it had finished its own attacks. The strikes have given rise to speculation about which country is responsible. The secretary for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, said on Friday that “any attack on infrastructure will be retaliated against,” naming Israel as bearing some responsibility for reported American attacks on bridges and energy infrastructure. The UK Maritime Organization announced on Friday that the security threat in the Strait of Hormuz remains at its highest level. Traffic through the waterway was reported to have plunged significantly since the U.S. launched strikes on Iran this Tuesday. That was especially true in the case of the U.S.-coordinated waterway near the Omani coastline. Ship tracker Lloyd’s List reported that their data shows…
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Editor’s note: This is a developing story. The U.S. military announced Tuesday evening it was “launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran” in retaliation for “Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz.” Posted to X at 5:15 PM Eastern Time, the announcement said…
