Iran attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early this morning as the United States (US) has been targeting Iran for ten consecutive days for control of the waterway.
The re-escalation of the exchange of attacks between the US and Iran has led to a rise in the price of oil, and the temporary ceasefire memorandum has collapsed.
The US military's Central Command said this morning that it had targeted "Iranian military command centers, naval facilities, missile and drone launch sites, and air defense systems."
"US forces remain on alert and are prepared to hold Iran accountable for its unwarranted aggression against civilian mariners seeking to freely and openly transit the strait," the command said.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is extremely slow due to the latest wave of attacks.
The British military's Maritime Trade Operations Centre said that in today's attack, a tanker was hit off the coast of Oman, and the crew was forced to abandon ship.
Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as two other attacks on the waterway yesterday.
Tehran has also attacked US-allied countries across the Middle East, with attacks reported by Kuwait and Jordan.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the US remains open to negotiations with Iran, but that they "have to be serious."
"If the door to diplomacy opens — if those who want to do something productive for Iran win and take control of that system, or take control of the negotiations — that would be a very positive development. Unfortunately, we're not in that situation right now," Rubio said.
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