# New shipping attacks as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse

https://mins.news/en/item/20808

- CGTN, 2026-08-12 03:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-12/New-attacks-on-shipping-as-Iran-war-talks-hit-fresh-impasse-1PxDcn0BWj6/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> The United States and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis reported separate attacks on shipping as hopes for ending the months-old Iran war weakened. Iran said the Strait of Hormuz would stay closed unless Washington accepted its conditions. Four crew members and two Yemeni rescuers were reportedly killed in a suspected Houthi attack, while the US said it fired missiles to disable a Panama-flagged cargo ship accused of violating a blockade on Iranian ports.

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