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The UAE calls the attack "brazen" after one person was killed and eight injured, while the US completes strikes aimed at degrading "Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping".

The U.S. launched strikes on Iran, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

The hostilities come as both sides vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane that, up until the war, operated as a free-trade route.

The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war.

U.S. President Donald Trump reversed his plan to toll cargo traveling through the Strait of Hormuz ahead of the U.S. military reinstating its blockade on Iran's ports.

Iran said it launched missiles and drones against U.S. military sites.

The U.S.-Iran ceasefire is on the verge of collapse, and with it any prospect of restoring normal traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Even if the agreement holds, transit fees, sea mines, billions in infrastructure damage,