On Tuesday, Trump warned he would hit Iran's energy sites if Tehran did not restart negotiations.

Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, stated to state outlets that Tehran saw no cause to follow any pact offering no gains for the nation.

He noted that Iran's security hinged on preserving what he called Iranian setups in the Strait of Hormuz.

During the newest strikes, the US hit command posts, air defense locations, and coastal monitoring stations throughout Iran, such as in Bandar Abbas port and Greater Tunb Island, according to US Central Command.

Blasts sounded over Iran while air defenses activated in Tehran, per Iranian state reports.

Soon afterward, US partners in the Gulf noted strikes. Kuwait's forces stated they stopped drone incursions, and Bahrain's interior ministry urged residents to stay calm and seek the closest shelter.

The Iranian military reported it struck US communication networks and fuel depots in Jordan during its recent attacks.

With tensions rising, the Strait of Hormuz, a vital passage near Iran's shore that Tehran shut in reply to US-Israeli actions, stays sealed.

On Tuesday, the US announced it restarted a blockade on Iranian ports, earlier eased under a pact reached by both sides last month known as a memorandum of understanding.

The next day, the US fired on and disabled an empty, Curacao-flagged oil tanker that Centcom said tried to reach a blocked Iranian port.

In reply to the renewed US blockade, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps cautioned the US to anticipate shutdowns of other oil and gas export paths serving US and allied interests.

It offered no details on possible affected routes.

Amid the Hormuz dispute, global oil prices jumped sharply as tanker movement through the vital lane nearly halted.

Despite ongoing clashes, Trump welcomed what he viewed as a possible goodwill sign from Tehran in releasing an American held since December 2024, whom he called wrongfully detained.

The United States of America values this goodwill gesture from Iran, Trump posted Wednesday on Truth Social.

The woman, Dena Karari, was returning to the US, her lawyer Jared Genser stated in an X post.