Trade ships hit as Tehran threatens Gulf chokepointAFP, TEHRANNew attacks yesterday hit three commercial ships in the Gulf, setting at least one vessel on fire, as Iran pressed its campaign against its energy-exporting neighbors and forced world governments to dip into their strategic oil reserves. People walk past a damaged building as they attend funerals for military commanders and others killed in US and Israeli strikes at Enghelab Square in Tehran yesterday. Israel said it had begun a new “wide-scale wave of strikes” across Iran and against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. “This operation will continue without any time limit, as long as necessary,” Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said. Separately a bulk carrier and a container ship were hit in the Gulf off the United Arab Emirates.
