Iran says US strikes aim to disrupt its regional trade, transit links

Iranian authorities have accused the United States of targeting the country’s transport and logistics infrastructure in southern Iran in an effort to disrupt its trade and transit links with other countries.

“The enemy’s aim is not only to create a deadlock within Iran, but also to disrupt the country’s communication and transit routes with other states. Today, the main competition between countries centres on corridors and transit routes, and the enemy is attempting to isolate Iran from the regional and international communications network,” Roads and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh said, according to Tasnim.

Meanwhile, at least 350 legal cases have been registered by a Tehran court against the United States and Israel over damage allegedly inflicted on Iran and its citizens during two wars in the summer of 2025 and spring of 2026, Iranian judiciary spokesperson Eshaq Jahangir said.

The United States and Israel launched a military operation against Iran on February 28, targeting major Iranian cities, including Tehran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps later announced a large-scale retaliatory operation against Israel, while U.S. military facilities in Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia were also targeted.

Washington and Tehran signed a memorandum of understanding in June providing for an immediate cessation of hostilities. However, the situation escalated sharply in early July following a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

By Sabina Mammadli