U.S. gives Iran Saturday deadline to publicly renounce Hormuz attacks

U.S. gives Iran Saturday deadline to publicly renounce Hormuz attacks or face renewed strikes

Scroll.inThe United States issued Iran an ultimatum to publicly renounce attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz by Saturday or face a resumption of American military action. Iran's attacks on Hormuz shipping had disrupted oil transport through the world's most critical energy chokepoint and rattled global energy markets. The ultimatum came in the context of a broader U.S.-Iran military confrontation, after the U.S. had previously struck Iranian targets and Iran retaliated with the Hormuz tanker attacks. Oil markets reacted with concern to the prospect of renewed military escalation.