# [FLASH] IRGC Claims New Missile Barrage as US–Iran Clash Spills Into Hormuz and Yemen *Monday, July 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk* **Detected**: 2026-07-13T13:25:49.493Z (7h ago) **Tags**: Iran, UnitedStates, SaudiArabia, Yemen, Houthis, Hormuz, Oil, Energy **Sources**: OSINT **Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/alerts/14297.md **Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries --- **Summary**: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it has launched fresh ballistic and cruise missile salvos at US bases and vessels, while a sanctioned Iranian airliner has landed in Houthi‑held Hodeidah after Saudi strikes shut Sana’a airport. With Donald Trump now openly vowing the US will ‘seize’ and ‘run’ the Strait of Hormuz for payment, the military and political fight over who controls Gulf energy flows is sharpening into a direct contest with immediate implications for oil, shipping, and regional war risk. ## Detail Iran, the United States, and their regional allies are now contesting airspace, sea lanes, and political control across the Gulf and Red Sea in a way that directly threatens global energy flows. Around 13:00 UTC on 13 July, multiple OSINT feeds reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had launched a new wave of retaliatory strikes targeting US bases and vessels using Emad and Ghadr ballistic missiles and Zolfaghar and Ghadir/Qader anti‑ship cruise missiles (Reports 21, 93). This follows extensive US strikes on at least 19 targets across Iran listed earlier today, including sites near major Gulf energy hubs such as Bushehr, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Mahshahr, Abadan and Khuzestan cities (Report 95). This is no longer a limited tit‑for‑tat; both sides are striking across each other’s territory and force posture. At the same time, the Yemen theater has lurched into open confrontation. Saudi aircraft struck the runways at Houthi‑controlled Sana’a airport after an Iranian Mahan Air passenger aircraft broke the air blockade and landed there (Report 31, 58). The Houthi Foreign Ministry declared that “the Saudi regime has declared war” and vowed a response (Report 30). In the last hour, multiple reports confirm that a Mahan Air plane diverted and successfully landed instead at Houthi‑controlled Hodeidah (Reports 28, 29, 49, 89). Iran and its allies are celebrating the landing as a symbolic victory in piercing the Saudi‑led air embargo, while Riyadh has shown it is prepared to re‑strike airports to enforce it. Layered on this, Donald Trump has twice stated that the United States will “take control of the Strait of Hormuz,” “seize the strait,” and “become the guardian of the strait” but only if paid for doing so (Reports 4, 26, 48). While these are political remarks, they signal to both markets and regional actors that a potential future US administration is willing to frame Hormuz not just as a security commitment but as an economic lever — and that Washington is conceptually prepared to assert overt control over the chokepoint. For real people, this escalation means US and allied forces, Iranian crews, and Gulf civilian shipping are operating under rising risk of miscalculation and lethal incidents at sea and in the air. In Yemen, strikes on airports and an explicitly contested air blockade increase danger to civilian passengers and aid flows into one of the world’s most fragile humanitarian theaters. Any further Houthi or Iranian retaliation could target Saudi or Emirati energy infrastructure or Red Sea shipping, with crew safety and insurance coverage immediately in play. Militarily, the IRGC’s use of named ballistic and anti‑ship cruise missile systems against US targets underlines Tehran’s willingness to expend high‑end munitions and accept the escalatory risk of striking US facilities and vessels. US strikes reaching deep into Khuzestan and coastal provinces raise the probability that Iran will respond by threatening US naval units or third‑country shipping transiting Hormuz. In Yemen, direct Saudi runway attacks and the Iranian air bridge to Houthi territory move the conflict closer to a de facto Iran–Saudi contest in Yemeni airspace, complicating any residual ceasefire architecture. Markets will read this as a tangible increase in supply‑side and transit risk for crude and refined products. Key chokepoints — Hormuz for Gulf exports and the Bab el‑Mandeb–Red Sea corridor already strained by Houthi attacks — are simultaneously under new pressure. Front‑month Brent and WTI are likely to gap higher, with crack spreads widening on refined product risk. War‑risk insurance premia for Gulf and Red Sea transits will rise; some owners may reroute or delay sailings, tightening prompt physical availability. Gold and classic havens (USD, CHF, JPY) should see safe‑haven inflows, while EM importers of energy, particularly in Asia, face currency and current‑account pressure. Over the next 24–48 hours, watch for: (1) Confirmation of damage and casualties from the IRGC‑claimed strikes on US assets and any US acknowledgement or further retaliation; (2) Whether US naval forces move to new rules of engagement around Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman; (3) Any Houthi strikes on Saudi or Emirati infrastructure or shipping framed as retaliation for the Sana’a runway attack; (4) Saudi or coalition moves to interdict future Iranian flights to Houthi‑held airports; (5) OPEC+ or Gulf producer signaling on spare capacity and export continuity; and (6) visible changes in commercial shipping patterns and insurance advisories for Hormuz and Red Sea routes. **MARKET IMPACT ASSESSMENT:** High immediate upside pressure on oil, fuel spreads, LNG freight, and war-risk premiums; likely bid for gold and USD, pressure on EM FX with oil import dependence; potential downside for global equities and shipping lines with Gulf exposure.