Iran condemns
US strikes, 14
dead in two days
Meanwhile, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) warned that approximately 6,000 sailors remain trapped around the Strait of Hormuz as hostilities escalate
News Desk
TEHRAN/STRATEGIC REGION — Iran’s health ministry reported that 14 people were killed in two days of US strikes, which officials say targeted civilian infrastructure including railway bridges. The foreign ministry denounced the attacks as a “gross war crime,” accusing the US of deliberately hitting transport routes leading to the holy city of Mashhad. The statement described the US administration as “evil and psychopathic,” according to AFP.
Meanwhile, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) warned that approximately 6,000 sailors remain trapped around the Strait of Hormuz as hostilities escalate. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said, “These reckless attacks have again placed innocent seafarers in grave danger. No seafarer should have to risk their life simply for doing their job,” NBC News reported.
The situation underscores rising tensions in the Gulf, with both civilian and maritime safety at risk as the conflict intensifies.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in a phone call on Thursday that Iran and the United States should commit to diplomacy.
Al-Thani added that the Washington and Tehran should implement the signed memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war, the Qatari foreign minister said.
Iran launched drones towards a site in Qatar earlier on Thursday and a Qatari tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz earlier the week. Al-Thani condemned the attack in the call, the foreign ministry said.
