Hyderabad, July 12 -- Military tensions between the United States and Iran intensified on Sunday, July 12, as the conflict spread across the Gulf after fresh US strikes on Iranian military targets. The latest escalation comes on the 25th day since Washington and Tehran signed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and 134 days after the outbreak of the war.

Earlier in the day, Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stopped a commercial vessel it said had taken an unauthorised route. The United States responded with another round of strikes, while Iran launched missile and drone attacks targeting military sites across the Gulf, prompting several neighbouring countries to acti...