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Pakistan Reopens Shuttle Diplomacy After 10th Day of US–Iran Strikes Freezes Hormuz
On 21 July 2026 the U.S. bombed targets in five Iranian provinces for a tenth straight night and Iran replied by crippling a tanker off Oman and shelling desalination plants in Kuwait and Bahrain, pushing Islamabad to re-launch mediation to rescue last month’s failed cease-fire.
Focusing Facts
- CENTCOM confirmed pre-dawn 21 July raids on Iranian command centres, missile/drone sites and air defences in Fars, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it hit a Kuwaiti-owned tanker 8 nm northeast of Limah, Oman, forcing the crew to abandon ship; it was the third vessel struck since 19 July.
- Brent crude peaked at USD 89.8 a barrel and average U.S. gasoline crossed USD 4.00 per gallon on 21 July, its highest level since the brief June cease-fire.
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