The United States attacked Iran early Sunday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and forced its crew to abandon it.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard rejected that claim, declaring the strait to be Iranian territory and warning that it would not tolerate what it called illegal U.S. interference.

The United States carried out a fresh wave of military strikes across southern and western Iran overnight, targeting what it described as key military assets linked to Tehran's ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The operation marked another sharp escalation in the renewed confrontation between Washington and Tehran, despite an interim agreement that had been intended to ease tensions.

July 13 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States would be "taking over the strait" after days of the United States and Iran trading attacks amid a fragile cease-fire.

U.S. Central Command announced on social media that the U.S. military had begun another round of strikes against Iran.

President Donald Trump announced that the United States is reinstating a naval blockade targeting Iranian shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and said Washington would impose a 20% charge on cargo passing through the strategic waterway. The move came as fighting between the United States and Iran intensified, with both sides exchanging attacks on a scale not seen since the ceasefire announced in April.

The United States has carried out a fresh wave of military strikes on Iran, with Tehran responding hours later by launching drones and missiles at US military bases across the Gulf, according to...

Iran fires on ships, again targets Gulf neighbors; Tehran accuses US of hampering talks on strait; Germany, France and Britain condemn Iranian attacks in waterway

Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a scathing warning against Iran, claiming to take over the critical chokehold, the Strait of