American officials said the latest military operation was intended to weaken Iran's ability to target merchant vessels and civilian sailors travelling through one of the world's busiest energy shipping routes.
The Iranian delegation got up as Donald Trump started making his customary threats. After gathering their papers, they turned around and left the venue immediately.
After the confirmation of the death of Aditya Sharma and two other seafarers, several Islamists, left liberals, and Congress supporters highlighted the old pro-Israel X posts of Rajesh Sharma and juxtaposed the same with the killing of his son. Many framed the tragedy as ‘karma’, ‘irony’, or ‘deserved’.
The US Central Command said that the Iranian missiles failed or were shot down. Two missiles fired by Iran exploded en route to Kuwait, while the ones aimed at Bahrain were intercepted by the American and Bahraini forces.c
A CBS News report has cited US officials privy to the matter, to say that Pakistan allowed Iranian military aircraft to be parked in its airfields to shield them from American attacks.
While the US has claimed that there will be talks between an American and Iranian delegation, Iran has said that there will be no direct US-Iran talks this time.
As per a statement issued by the US Department of War, “US forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced naval blockade measures against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port.”