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US strikes Iran as state media reports four killed at wedding party
Confirmed
The US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on 28 February, with Iran responding by attacking Israel, US bases and allied states in the Gulf, and effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz to marine traffic. The U.S. strikes were the first known attack by American forces since late July, and the Revolutionary Guards said several of its “fighters and compatriots” had been killed and injured.
Vessels were visible across the Strait of Hormuz from Oman this week American forces resumed strikes against Iran on Americans Tuesday, US Central Command has said in a statement. Multiple U.S. embassies in the Middle East warned Americans Tuesday of the "potential for unforeseen escalation" as U.S. Central Command launched fresh strikes on Iran.
U.S. Central Command said Monday on X that it took “limited, precise action” to prevent Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps from laying mines in the crucial waterway which 20% of the world’s oil passed through before the war began.
Trump said Americans Tuesday's "large and powerful" strikes were a response to Iran's targeting of a US military base in Jordan, adding the country had "failed" at adding sea mines to the Strait. After vowing “punishment” in response to On Sunday’s U.S. strikes, the IRGC announced later that day that it had launched attacks against U.S. military bases in Jordan.
The warnings came as CENTCOM said its forces "began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran" around 12 p.m. In response, Iran launched eight ballistic missiles targeting U.S. bases in Jordan.
It was the first major military escalation in weeks in the war which began when American and Israeli forces launched an assault on Iran in late February, killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The same day, the defense ministry of the United Arab Emirates said its air force “engaged” at least one drone over its territorial waters after Iran launched drones at an air base in the country.
The IRGC said the US would regret the strikes and Iranian news agencies reported that retaliatory missile and drone attacks on "US bases and interests in the region" had begun. The U.S. has launched “large and powerful” strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz , President Donald Trump said Americans Tuesday in a post on Truth Social.
Other reports said projectiles had hit the areas of Chabahar and Konarak and an airport in Jiroft, and that explosions were heard in Qeshm island and Bandar Abbas. In response, Iran’s armed forces general staff said in a statement on Telegram that it would “impose a heavy cost on the American enemy.
What's confirmed
- Trump said Americans Tuesday's "large and powerful" strikes were a response to Iran's targeting of a US military base in Jordan, adding the country had "failed" at adding sea mines to the Strait.
- The warnings came as CENTCOM said its forces "began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran" around 12 p.m.
- In response, Iran launched eight ballistic missiles targeting U.S. bases in Jordan.
- Trump said that the attack was “retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait,” adding that the mines had been “removed and detonated.
- U.S. Central Command said Monday on X that it took “limited, precise action” to prevent Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps from laying mines in the crucial waterway which 20% of the world’s oil passed through…
- After vowing “punishment” in response to On Sunday’s U.S. strikes, the IRGC announced later that day that it had launched attacks against U.S. military bases in Jordan.
What's still developing
- Vessels were visible across the Strait of Hormuz from Oman this week American forces resumed strikes against Iran on Americans Tuesday, US Central Command has said in a statement.
- The IRGC said the US would regret the strikes and Iranian news agencies reported that retaliatory missile and drone attacks on "US bases and interests in the region" had begun.
- Other reports said projectiles had hit the areas of Chabahar and Konarak and an airport in Jiroft, and that explosions were heard in Qeshm island and Bandar Abbas.
- The US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on 28 February, with Iran responding by attacking Israel, US bases and allied states in the Gulf, and effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz to marine traffic.
- A US-Iran agreement, known as the Memorandum of Understanding, to extend a ceasefire between the two countries was signed in June.
- Multiple U.S. embassies in the Middle East warned Americans Tuesday of the "potential for unforeseen escalation" as U.S. Central Command launched fresh strikes on Iran.
- Iranian forces were preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the strait when U.S. forces targeted Larak Island, U.S. Central Command said.
- U.S. Navy E/A 18G electronic-warfare aircraft patrol the skies over the Middle East as the U.S. military is enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, according to CENTCOM. (CENTCOM) "The situation in the Middle East…