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Iran Accuses US of Violating Ceasefire After New Overnight Strikes Target Bandar Abbas Missile Sites — Oil Prices Jump, China Demands Restraint
Blasts were reported in Bandar Abbas after US strikes targeted Iranian missile sites near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is unravelling by the night. On Tuesday, May 26, Iran formally accused Washington of breaching the truce after a new wave of US strikes targeted missile installations and mine‑laying boats near Bandar Abbas — the gateway to the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil passes. Tehran's response was swift and sharp: it warned it was "ready to retaliate," claimed to have downed a US drone and fired at an F‑35, and declared that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei had told regional neighbours to stop hosting American bases.
The economic tremors were immediate. Brent crude jumped nearly three percent as traders priced in the possibility of a prolonged disruption to Gulf shipping. The UK Maritime Trade Operations reported a blast damaging a tanker off the coast of Oman — a reminder that in this conflict, the sea itself is a battlefield. China, which depends heavily on Middle Eastern oil, urged both sides to "fulfil their ceasefire commitments," a statement that reflected Beijing's growing unease at being drawn into a crisis it cannot control.
Yet even as the bombs fell, diplomacy flickered. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that a deal to end the war could come "in a few days" and confirmed talks were continuing in Qatar. The contrast between Rubio's optimism and the explosions in Bandar Abbas is the defining tension of this moment — a conflict that is being fought on the ground while being negotiated at the table, with neither side willing to fully commit to either path. For now, the ceasefire exists only in name. The Gulf is on edge. And the price of oil is telling the story the diplomats cannot.
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