The bow of a vessel moored at the port of Kuhestak, is damaged following a US military strike earlier in the week on Kuhestak, Sirik County, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province on September 6, 2026. Iran said it hit US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE on September 3, 2026, vowing to avenge a wedding attack it blamed on Washington as the US Vice President said the strike was being investigated. The new clashes, which began with US raids on September 6, 2026, deepened the impasse in the six-month war, as Iran maintains a stranglehold on the strategic Strait of Hormuz and Washington presses its counter-blockade of Iranian ports. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /