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US strikes damage part of power plant on Iran's Kish Island
A US strike damaged part of a power plant on Iran's Kish Island on July 14, with the operator warning some units may need to go offline for repairs.
Iranian parliament tables 'Hormuz security bill'
Iran's parliament has formally tabled a bill to entrench Tehran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, with the chamber's national security chief claiming US drones were downed overnight and warning that further measures are coming.
Trump reinstates Hormuz blockade on Iranian shipping, imposes 20% transit levy on all cargo
Washington will bar Iranian vessels and their customers from the Strait of Hormuz and charge a 20% levy on all other cargo transiting the chokepoint, which carries a fifth of global oil, in a sharp escalation of the US-Iran conflict.
Iran keeps door open to US talks as Hormuz crisis deepens
Iran says diplomacy remains active and contacts with Pakistan, Qatar and Oman are continuing, even as it accuses the US of wrecking the ceasefire memorandum and blocking safe passage through Hormuz.
US, Iran each claim control of Strait of Hormuz after weekend of strikes
The US and Iran have each claimed control of the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks across the Middle East, further threatening diplomacy to end the war.
Iran-Oman Hormuz talks overtaken by escalation as Tehran closes strait
Iran and Oman discussed Hormuz shipping security in Muscat hours before Iran closed the strait and struck US bases and Gulf states, after CENTCOM said the US hit around 140 targets in Iran.