Iran's supreme leader orders a response 'without geographical limitations' to any attack after Tehran accuses US of striking fishing boats
Donald Trump, JD Vance and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office in July. Trump has denied that a letter Vance sent to Iran's top security official was intended to revive peace negotiations, insisting it concerned…Iran's Revolutionary Guard says four tankers have caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, in a picture posted on X by Al Jazeera English.
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader — absent from public view since the February 28 US-Israeli strikes that reportedly cost him a leg — directed his commanders to update target lists so that US and Israeli assets would come within IRGC range. The order followed Tehran's claim that US forces had attacked two fishing vessels off Qeshm Island, with two fishermen unaccounted for and one injured. The Trump administration warned Iran there "will be consequences" for continued malign activity, as G20 foreign ministers convened in Atlanta.
A supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil caught fire Friday after hitting a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz — the fourth tanker to explode in a single day.
Trump told a Daytona Beach rally that 'Iran is finished' and the war will end 'soon', comparing 18 American deaths to the tens of thousands lost in Vietnam, four days before midterm elections.
Qatari mediators arrived back in Tehran on Friday in an attempt to reach an agreement, but the two sides remain deadlocked over whether nuclear talks or sanctions relief must come first.
