The U.S. military launched a third consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Monday, shortly after President Trump vowed to hit Iran hard. The president told Fox News the U.S.
was "going to keep the Strait" of Hormuz, "and we'll probably run it." He then declared the U.S. blockade of Iran back on, and said the U.S. would impose a 20% fee on cargo shipments through the strait.
Meanwhile, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed until "stability and calm are restored." Mr. Trump formally told Congress last week that U.S.-Iran hostilities have resumed in a letter obtained by CBS News, as a monthslong ceasefire between the two countries ends. Oil futures spiked Monday following multiple rounds of strikes between the U.S.
and Iran, ending a brief stint earlier this month when oil prices returned to near prewar levels. The international Brent Crude benchmark was trading at just over $83 per barrel for September deliveries as of 5 p.m. ET, and the U.S.-based West Texas Intermediate benchmark traded at $78 per barrel for August deliveries.
Both benchmarks fell to around $70 in early August, after peaking at more than $110 in late March and early April. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-041ad50e link copied Moments after President Trump told talk show host Hugh Hewitt the U.S. would be launching more strikes against Iran, U.S.
Central Command announced the U.S. began its third consecutive night of strikes. "At 4:45 p.m.
ET today, U.S. Central Command began launching the third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, at the Commander in Chief's direction," U.S. Central Command announced on X.
"These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-f8fe1603 link copied Speaking to conservative talk host Hugh Hewitt, President Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran hard Monday and Tuesday. The president said the U.S.
will "take out" Pickaxe Mountain, a deeply buried site that analysts believe could be part of Iran's nuclear program.. "We're going to take out Pickaxe Mountain," he said. "Tell the Iranians to be ready.
Let them know we're coming, okay? There's not a damn thing they can do about it." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-2dce5db5 link copied President Trump formally notified Congress that "military action" against Iran "commenced on July 7," according to a letter obtained by CBS News on Monday. The letter was dated July 10.
"United States Armed Forces remain postured to take further action, as necessary and appropriate, to address further threats and attacks upon the United States or its allies and partners and to ensure the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran ceases being a threat to the United States and to our allies and partners," the letter says. The letter adds that he's providing the notification "as part of my efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution." Under the War Powers Resolution of 1973, the president must notify Congress within 48 hours of the start of military hostilities. The Trump administration's position had been that hostilities against Iran began in late February and formally ended on April 7, when the two sides agreed to a ceasefire, but Mr.
Trump declared last week that the ceasefire was "over." The U.S. has launched several rounds of strikes against Iran over the last week, starting on July 7 . Both the House and Senate passed a war powers resolution last month , seeking to limit Mr.
Trump's ability to carry out further military action against Iran without congressional authorization. Democrats have said they're considering their legal options to force Mr. Trump to comply.
The president has argued that he is acting under his constitutional authority. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-0df2a933 link copied President Trump will give a primetime address Thursday, he announced on Truth Social Monday amid heightened hostilities with Iran. "President Trump will be making a Speech to the Nation on Thursday evening, at 9 P.M.
Eastern. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" he wrote. He did not immediately provide other details on the address.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-8cd16f3e link copied The U.S. will continue blocking maritime traffic from entering and exiting Iranian ports at the direction of President Trump, U.S. Central Command announced Monday.
The naval blockade will resume Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET. The U.S.
military will continue to support traffic flow through the area for other permissible vessels, U.S. Central Command said. The formal announcement comes after Mr.
Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. would resume the blockade, the latest effort to manage an uncompliant Iran. "We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran's ships or customers from entering or leaving," the president posted on Truth Social Monday morning.
"All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait." In the same post, the president said the U.S. would "probably run" the Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20% fee on cargo shipments. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-f0d19ac3 link copied Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi weighed in on Mr.
Trump's suggestion that the U.S. will impose a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, writing in a social media post that Iran would "be fair" in determining what such a toll might look like. "POTUS is absolutely right.
Whoever provides secure and safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz should be compensated for this service," Araghchi wrote. He added: "Iran has always been the GUARDIAN of the Strait and will remain so FOREVER. 20% is of course too much.
We will be fair." https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-50e7bd40 link copied The International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency overseeing international shipping, said Monday that it was waiting to find out more about Mr. Trump's proposal but remained opposed to tolls for passage through international waterways. "There is no legal basis through which to introduce mandatory tolls simply to transit through a strait," it said in a statement.
It said in a separate statement Monday that the agency's executive body "stressed that any arrangement between the littoral States of the region shall guarantee the non-discriminatory and unimpeded right of transit passage of all ships." The Council of the International Maritime Organization has also "reaffirmed that passage through the Strait should remain free of any tolls and charges, in accordance with international law, including the IMO Convention." The council also condemned attacks on commercial ships and called for the de-escalation of tensions in the region. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-attacks-strait-of-hormuz/#post-update-31c8a10b link copied United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres raised the alarm Monday over U.S. strikes on Iran as well as Tehran's attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and its neighbors.
Guterres expressed "deep concern at the serious escalation of renewed military confrontation in the Gulf region, including Iranian attacks on ships on the Strait of Hormuz, attacks by the United States on the Islamic Republic of Iran, and attacks by Iran on targets in neighboring countries," his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said....
