After the US and Israel renewed their war on Iran, assassinating supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the first wave of strikes over the weekend, Tehran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, severely disrupting shipping through one of the world’s most critical oil trade routes.
US president Donald Trump said Washington had “the capability to go far longer” than its projected four-to-five-week military campaign against Iran as explosions from continued American and Israeli strikes echoed across Tehran overnight into Tuesday.
