Frank Andrews
Frank Andrews is a CBS News journalist based in London.
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What to know about the Iran war today:
The U.S. military rejected a claim by Iran to have closed the Strait of Hormuz as fighting ramps up again in the war despite continuing diplomacy.
An Indian official said a senior U.S. diplomat was summoned to hear the country’s “strong protest” after three Indian mariners were killed on a tanker. The U.S. military said it targeted the vessel for violating the U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports. At least two other Indian-crewed commercial vessels have been struck in recent days.
Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan said they were intercepting Iranian missiles Thursday after the U.S. military said it launched a new round of strikes on Iran . President Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for not accepting a peace deal.
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U.S. forces strike third oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in a week
U.S. forces hit an oil tanker Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman for “attempting to transport Iranian oil,” according to Central Command, the third commercial vessel targeted this week.
CENTCOM said in a statement on X that it struck the Guinea-Bissau flagged M/T Jalveer’s engine room with two Hellfire missiles “after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from U.S. forces.”
U.S. forces also struck the Palau-flagged oil tankers M/T Marivex and M/T Settebello on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. The Marivex was attempting to sail to an Iranian port and the Settebello was trying to transport Iranian oil, CENTCOM said.
An Indian official said Thursday on X that three nationals working on the Settebello were killed in the strikes. A senior U.S. diplomat in the country was summoned to hear India’s “strong protest.”
The U.S. has enforced a blockade of Iranian ports since shortly after a fragile ceasefire was agreed between the two countries in early April. Tuesday’s strike on the Settebello appears to be the first time since the war began that a U.S. strike has killed commercial mariners.
By Frank Andrews
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Qatari negotiating team returns from meetings in Tehran, Qatari official tells CBS News
A Qatari negotiating team returned from meetings in Tehran Thursday morning, a Qatari official told CBS News. The source said the team returned to Doha after meetings that went into the early hours in the Iranian capital.
Diplomatic efforts, by Qatar and Pakistan, are continuing despite the U.S. striking Iran Wednesday and Tehran retaliating with strikes on Kuwait, Bahrain and an area hosting an American base in Jordan.
The U.S. had previously held off on strikes while foreign diplomats were in Iran working to broker an agreement.
Qatar condemned the latest Iranian missile attacks Thursday on Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, in a statement on X.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said earlier Thursday that the country’s leaders remained engaged in mediation efforts to broker a “negotiated settlement” between Iran and the U.S.
“It is hard to be an optimist in the new exchange of hostilities,” acknowledged foreign ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi. But he added: “We haven’t lost hope, we remain engaged.”
