The United States launched a third night of strikes on Iran while President Donald Trump announced a renewed blockade of Iranian ports and a 20 percent fee on all cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the comment about being the strait's guardian on Truth Social after the Pentagon began a five-hour mission targeting Iranian coastal sites, which Tehran said prompted retaliatory missile and drone attacks on U.S. facilities in Bahrain and other Gulf allies. Oil prices surged more than nine percent amid fears of broader conflict, and Iran’s foreign ministry declared that a preliminary June agreement easing previous restrictions was now in crisis. The escalation raises doubts about ending the wider Middle East war.