Behind the scenes of the collapse of the truce: Iranian threats to ships and a secret American naval operation in Hormuz
A report revealed that the crisis between Washington and Tehran escalated after Iranian threats to commercial ships and a secret American naval response that accompanied more than 125 ships through the Strait of Hormuz before the truce framework collapsed.
The crisis between the United States and Iran escalated again after a series of events in the Strait of Hormuz ended the framework of the truce that had recently been reached between US President Donald Trump and Iran.
The crisis began on Sunday when Iranian operators sent radio warnings to commercial ships preparing to use the southern route, according to audio recordings published by the Wall Street Journal. The message stated: "This route is not safe. You are in danger. Our missiles and drones are ready to fire on you."
Shortly after, Iranian forces launched a missile attack on three commercial ships, including a Qatari tanker that was allegedly attacked, which led to a fire in the engine room and the crew was forced to evacuate.
On the other hand, sources revealed that the US Navy had been running an expanded covert operation to protect the movement of commercial ships through the strait since the beginning of the clashes, where It used the southern corridor adjacent to the coast of Oman to escort commercial ships unannounced. According to naval sources, in this way, more than 125 ships crossed safely through the strait.
Most of these operations took place at night, as the ships’ automatic identification systems were turned off, while one of the American destroyers maintained continuous radio contact with the crews of the ships’ command bridges and operations centers inThe companies that own them.
However, this American support for commercial ships angered Tehran, which considered that the United States was interfering directly in protecting navigation near its coasts.
This story was produced with machine-translation assistance, then went through human editorial review for accuracy and sourcing.
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