The United States launched military strikes against Iran on Sunday, targeting installations on Qeshm, the country's largest island.
The operation follows an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set the vessel ablaze and left a crew member missing.
This marks a significant geographic expansion of the conflict, moving beyond previous strikes on US bases in Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Jordan to directly target Iranian sovereign territory near critical shipping lanes.
The escalation raises immediate concerns for global trade and energy security.
Qeshm is a strategic hub for Iran's oil exports and naval operations.
Any sustained disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes, would trigger severe volatility in energy markets.