Regarding the explosion accident involving the South Korean HMM-affiliated cargo ship *Namu-ho* that occurred in the Strait of Hormuz on the 4th, U.S. President Donald Trump stated, “There was Iranian firing,

Iran warned the United States on Monday not to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz as the American military launches a new effort to “guide” stranded ships through the critical waterway.

It's been a day of back-and-forth claims and denials between the US and Iran over action in the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions have reignited in the vital waterway.