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US launches sixth night of strikes against Iran to ‘degrade its military’

US intensifies southern Iran attacks, killing at least eight


US launches sixth night of strikes against Iran to ‘degrade its military’

Iran hit back, launching missiles and drones at multiple countries in the Gulf and at US bases in other regional countries.

US kills 8 people in sixth consecutive night of attacks

  • The US military says it launched a sixth consecutive night of strikes on Iran, with Iranian media reporting explosions in areas including Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz and Iranshahr.
  • Iran’s military warns “all infrastructure in the region will be crushed under steel blows” if the United States carries out its threat to attack Iran’s civilian sites.
  • The US military also says it “disabled” an oil tanker attempting to sail towards an Iranian port in the Strait of Hormuz by firing Hellfire missiles.
  • Iran says it carried out retaliatory attacks targeting US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.

JD Vance accuses Israel of ‘manipulating’ US public opinion to prolong Iran war

Iran Puts Trump in a Coffin on Huge Billboard in Tehran

  • The United States has carried out major strikes on Iran for the sixth night in a row, killing at least eight people and wounding 20.
  • Officials in southern Iran’s Bandar Abbas report that civilian infrastructure, including power facilities and a train station, has been hit.
  • Iran’s army says it has hit US aircraft at a military base in Bahrain, while Kuwait’s army says it is responding to missile and drone attacks. Qatar authorities say a child was injured by falling missile debris after its army thwarted incoming Iranian attacks.
  • A spokesman for Iran’s military says the Strait of Hormuz will never return to its pre-war status, as US Central Command says soldiers boarded a vessel in the Gulf of Oman to enforce its blockade of Iran.

Just three vessels crossed Strait of Hormuz amid closure

  • Officials in southern Iran report that civilian infrastructure, including bridges, airports, power facilities and a train station, has been hit.

Israel claims it killed Hamas commander in Gaza

The Israeli army says its forces and the Israeli security agency Shin Bet have killed a Hamas commander in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.

In a statement, the army claimed Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan was killed on Thursday, calling him the “right-hand man” of senior Hamas leaders.

The army added that Hamdan was a “central figure” in holding captives in the Gaza Strip and in the process of returning them to Israel.

US military says new strikes targeting Iran’s ‘military capabilities’

FAKE NEWS DEBUNKED

Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, Iran’s second-highest leader behind the brutal anti-women laws and the killing of thousands for not wearing hijab, was NOT taken out in overnight US-Israel strikes on Tehran.

Iranian officials have said the Strait of Hormuz is “a red line” since the beginning of the US-Israel war on the country. Brigadier-General Ebrahim Zolfaghari’s statement today is a reiteration of that.

Iranians are not talking about temporary control over Hormuz, but rather their message to the world is Iran aims to have permanent control and sovereignty over the strategic waterway. And that is the main source of tension between Tehran and Washington.

U.S. Confirms Latest Iran Strikes Target Its Ability to Bomb Ships

US military carries out another wave of strikes

  • The US military has launched a second wave of strikes against Iran, with CENTCOM saying they “are targeting Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels freely transiting through the Strait of Hormuz”.
  • Iran’s top negotiator and parliamentary Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf says the country has “never welcomed war, nor do we now”, adding that “we must always be prepared for battle and stand firm to protect our national security and interests”.

Airlines cancel Middle East flights amid US-Iran escalation

Greece’s Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air France-KLM have all suspended scheduled flights to Dubai, Tel Aviv and other destinations across the region.

Israel is losing the public opinion battle in the US: Vance

US Vice President JD Vance says that “Israel is losing the public opinion battle in the US.”

Iran summons British ambassador over IRGC ban

Iran has summoned the British ambassador in Tehran after the UK designated the IRGC a threat to national security, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reports.

Under the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026, individuals found to have supported or assisted the IRGC could face up to 14 years in prison, while those carrying out acts of sabotage on behalf of the group, including arson, could face life imprisonment.

Iran has been accused of orchestrating seven attacks on British soil targeting Jewish and Israeli communities. Tehran has condemned the move as “hostile”.

Iran threatens to ‘crush’ regional infrastructure if US attacks its sites

  • Iran’s military warns “all infrastructure in the region will be crushed under steel blows” if the United States carries out its threat to attack Iran’s civilian sites.
  • The US military says it launched another wave of strikes on Iran with Iranian media reporting explosions on Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas and Chabahar.
  • The US military also says it “disabled” an oil tanker attempting to sail towards an Iranian port in the Strait of Hormuz by firing Hellfire missiles.
  • Iran says it carried out retaliatory attacks targeting US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.

Iran: US pledges to protect Hormuz vessels during Iran strikes

Washington will “become the guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz for a 20 percent fee, sez Trump.

Iran said on Saturday it has once again shut the Strait of Hormuz to traffic. The US has maintained it remains open.

“Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing,” US Central Command wrote early on Sunday.

US launches new wave of strikes against Iran, aimed at ‘degrading’ military

Sunday’s attacks follow three previous days of tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and US as a June ceasefire deal frays.

  • US forces are “positioned and prepared” to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz despite “Iranian aggression”, CENTCOM says.
  • Iran claims attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman with missiles and suicide drones as fears rise of a return to full-scale war in the Middle East.
  • The US military says it struck more than 140 targets in Iran with explosions reported in the southern port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Chabahar, Bandar-e Deyr, Jask and Asaluyeh
  • The hostilities come after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard declared the Strait of Hormuz “closed until further notice” and said it fired at a ship attempting to transit through what it called an unapproved route.

Gulf tensions rise as Iran strikes Qatar, disrupting mediation efforts

Iran hit Kuwait and Bahrain following US attacks while avoiding Qatar since early April.

Sunday’s attack on Qatar targeted a state whose mediation efforts have been central to attempts to broker a ceasefire between the US and Iran.

In Tehran, life for more than 10 million people has carried on mostly as usual since the capital has not been recently attacked. But the economy is in the doldrums and the outlook is increasingly uncertain, more than four months after the US and Israel began their aerial campaign.

Here’s the latest:

  • The UAE says two of its national tankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles, as India summons Iran’s deputy ambassador after an Indian crew member was killed and several others were wounded in the attacks.
  • The US has carried out more strikes on Iran, with Iranian media reporting explosions on Kish and Qeshm islands, as well as Bushehr and Bandar Abbas.
  • Iran says it attacked US military sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and two oil supertankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • US President Donald Trump says a US blockade will be reinstated on Iranian ports in the coming hours, and Washington will “become the guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz for a 20 percent fee.

Hormuz cargo fee ‘would be fundamentally wrong’: Hapag-Lloyd

Charging fees for passage through international waters “would be fundamentally wrong”, German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says.

China urges US and Iran to restore safe passage through Hormuz

China called on the United States and Iran to restore safe passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz after fighting reignited over how the strategic waterway should be managed.

Trump says US will become ‘guardian’ of Strait of Hormuz and collect tolls

UNHINGED IRAN STRIKES OMAN, BAHRAIN, JORDAN AND KUWAIT

Trump:

“We’re ⁠going to keep the ​strait, ‌and we’ll probably run ⁠it. ​We’ll become the guardian of the ⁠strait. Maybe we’ll ​call it the guardian angel of the strait. ⁠And we should be reimbursed for that.”

We guarded the strait for 50 years, and we never got paid for it. We guarded it for nothing, but now we will make money.

Trump says US ‘reinstating’ Iran blockade, will charge ships for passage

  • President Donald Trump has said the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran as he looks to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz and said the US will “get paid a lot of money” for guarding the strategic waterway.
  • Iran claims attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan saying it hit US military sites in retaliation for Washington’s renewed bombardment of its southern coast.
  • The US attacks on Iran come amid an intensifying standoffover Hormuz with explosions reported in the port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Jask as well as Qeshm Island.
  • Heavy exchanges of fire come a day after the US military said it hit at least 140 targets in Iran and Tehran launched retaliatory attacks.

  • Trump says US will become ‘guardian’ of Strait of Hormuz and collect tolls

    “We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving,” Trump said on Truth Social.

    “The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as ‘THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,’ but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World,” he added.

    “The process and formation will begin immediately,” he said.

    In a statement, the UN’s shipping ‌agency said it opposed any imposition of fees to cross the strait.

Israel launches major attack with over 100 missiles on Iran

U.S. Central Command launched another wave of strikes against Iran. The operation, which began at 5 p.m. ET, aims to degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Virgins!

Protesters hold a banner depicting Donald Trump with a target symbol during a demonstration, surrounded by flags representing various political factions.

 Iran Plotted to Assassinate Trump During Turkey Visit, Prompting Secret Plane Swap, Israel’s Channel 12 Reports

Iran reportedly planned to assassinate President Donald Trump during his recent visit to Turkey, according to explosive new details reported by Israel’s Channel 12.

Israeli journalist Yaron Avraham reported Sunday that foreign intelligence services uncovered information indicating that the Iranian regime intended to “eliminate” President Trump while he was in Turkey.

According to Channel 12, the intelligence was immediately passed to American officials and ultimately led security officials to change the aircraft Trump used for his return flight to Washington.

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Iran keeps firing missiles at neighbouring states

US Launches Strikes Against Iran After Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz and Attacks Ship

Naval ship launching a missile at night, with flames and smoke visible against a dark background.

US Central Command Releases Footage From Latest Strikes Against Approximately 140 Iranian Military Targets

US Central Command released footage of strikes against Iranian military targets, following Saturday’s strikes against “approximately 140 Iranian military targets,” the military said. 

The attacks on Saturday were launched by “land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels,” CENTCOM announced. “Targets included Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks, and coastal surveillance locations.”

CENCOM further notes that more than 300 targets were hit in total during the week.

Additional footage released by CENTCOM appears to show the various strikes executed throughout the week. The video’s description reads, “U.S. Central Command forces striking Iranian military targets after launching aircraft and cruise missiles in response to Iran’s attack on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz during the week of July 6-11, 2026.”

Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies aged 74

Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies aged 74

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Missiles and drones fired at Gulf states after night of US strikes on Iran

Three people, including one child, injured by falling shrapnel in Qatar as attacks also reported in UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Jordan.

Air defence systems in Gulf states and Jordan have shot down Iranian missiles and drones after a night of US air strikes on Iran.

The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain sent out warnings to residents on Saturday night and Sunday morning about incoming missiles and drones.

Kuwait said its military responded to attacks on its territory early on Sunday. In Qatar, the Ministry of Interior said three people, including one child, were injured by falling shrapnel after warnings of attacks were sent to residents.
 
Three missiles from Iran fell in Jordan without causing any casualties, authorities there said. Air defences in the UAE were also activated after reports of incoming missiles and drones from Iran.
 

Warning sirens blared out three times in Bahrain on Sunday morning to warn of incoming attacks.

Trump Wants Syria to ‘Fight Hezbollah’ in Lebanon

That’s not working. That’s not the way to do it.
 
Both Israel and Lebanon are appalled. Trump sees Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa as a “strong leader,” someone who can take on Hezbollah and deal better with it than Israel. That is not how either Beirut or Jerusalem sees things.

 

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U.S. LAUNCHES NEW STRIKES ON IRAN, SPAIN CAVES….

Iran has denounced US attacks on its territory as a “war crime” and accused Washington of violating the interim deal aimed at ending the war.

Tehran hits Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar after deadly US strikes

  • Iran says it attacked “US bases and strategic centres” in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar after the US bombed Iranian cities for a second consecutive night.
  • The US attacks have killed 14 people and wounded 78 over two days with blasts reported in Iranian cities along the Strait of Hormuz, including Bushehr, Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, and Sirik.
  • US President Donald Trump says the strikes were “retribution” for alleged Iranian attacks on ships transiting Hormuz.
  • In Qatar, officials say none of the military bases they host have been involved in any attacks on Iran and continue to urge dialogue.

U.S. Launches ‘Powerful Strikes’ on Iran After Attacks on Ships in Hormuz…

Trump Admin Reinstates Oil Sanctions

Yesterday:

Trump Cuts Off All Trade With ‘Terrible NATO Partner’ Spain

Trump Effect!

Spain Folds, Agrees to Boost NATO Payments After U.S. Trade Halt Order

Trump Faces Bipartisan Opposition over Selling F-35s to Turkey

Trump Says He Will Remove Syria from State Sponsors of Terrorism List

Donald Trump, President of the United States, speaks during a press conference at the NATO Summit at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on July 8, 2026. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international political and military organization established by the North Atlantic Treaty, with members committed to mutual protection. This year’s NATO Summit takes place in Ankara, featuring the NATO Public Forum and the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto)

President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Spain “came back all the way” and agreed to boost NATO payments after he ordered a U.S. trade embargo with the European country over its reluctance to contribute more to the organization.

Iran officials say Khamenei funeral unaffected by US attacks

Mourners pray for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday

Iran: the only thing that you get when you negotiate with terrorists is more terrorism

Danegeld was a tax raised to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders to save a land from being ravaged.

Once you paid the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane.

Pay the jihadis and you never get rid of the jihad.

When Has Negotiating With Islamic Terrorists Ever Worked?

Nearly 250 years ago, the United States tried negotiating with Islamic pirate states to stop the capture of American ships and the enslavement of Americans. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams all learned the painful lesson that the negotiations were a trap.

Treaties would be signed, agreements would be reached and would soon be broken because Muslims could freely lie to ‘infidels’ and had a religious obligation to wage war on them.

“The precept of the Koran is perpetual war against all who deny that Mahomet is the prophet of God,” Adams summed it up. “The command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force.”

This isn’t ancient history, it’s current events as the United States once again conducts futile negotiations with an Islamic pirate and terrorist state to stop its attacks on international shipping.

Iran Is Never Going to Stop Shutting Down the Strait of Hormuz

Iran only has one card to play and that’s shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. So it’ll never stop doing it.

Iran’s leaders, unsatisfied with billions in oil sales, access to cash, and promises of sanctions relief and $300 billion in the deal, are trying to charge for access to the strait, meanwhile despite the waivers of oil sales, they’re attacking ships passing through the strait to show they’re in charge.

US says if Iran tries to ‘threaten its neighbours’, Trump ‘has options’ for responding

US Vice President JD Vance says that if Iran pursues various measures he says could destabilise the region, then Trump has several ways in which he could respond to the Islamic Republic.

Former President Trump stands behind Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is signing a document at a table in the Oval Office, surrounded by military flags.

High-Ranking Iranian Clerics Call for Trump and Netanyahu’s Assassinations “Under Any Circumstances” as President Reportedly Weighs “Finishing The Job” in Iran

  • Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says talks in Qatar’s capital, Doha, with Pakistani and Qatari officials have concluded.
  • US President Donald Trump has hailed the US’s own talks on Iran in Doha as “very good”.

Iran says Strait of Hormuz is its ‘greatest instrument of power’

Ships still using Oman route through Hormuz despite Iran warnings

Vessels are continuing to pass through the Strait of Hormuz using the Oman-designated route despite Iran’s rejection of the lane and warnings to ships crossing outside routes approved by Tehran.

Iranian state media: ‘No choice but to obtain the atomic bomb’

Disarming Hezbollah Crucial to Middle East Peace and Lebanon’s Sovereignty

IRAN AND U.S. MAKE AGREEMENT TO PAUSE WAR, ENGAGE IN TALKS

US and Iran Agree to Halt Strikes and Meet in Doha, Qatar This Week

Iranian state media: ‘No choice but to obtain the atomic bomb’

Very well. In that case you have chosen your own annihilation….

Iran supreme leader calls for war crimes charges on US-Israeli leaders

Hmm, he can always call…..

Iran Hits Back (Weakly)

Attacks Bahrain and Kuwait After U.S. Strikes

No Casualties, No Damage

TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 17: A clergyman in turban holds an Iranian flag during a gathering to

Bahrain and Kuwait were targeted by Iran missile and drone attacks early Sunday morning in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic. Tehran cautioned a “complete halt” could come to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps top dog: ‘We brought President Trump to his knees. We got what we wanted.’

 

Ambassador Mike Waltz Weighs in On Iran and Strait of Hormuz “They Would be Wise to Take a Diplomatic Solution and back Away from This Obsession with a Nuclear Weapon” – (VIDEO)

We are not dealing with wise people….

Hezbollah violates cease-fire, blames Israel

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NBC News is reporting that Trump told them in a phone interview that he spoke with Israel earlier today and asked them to agree to the ceasefire with Hezbollah.

  • Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to renew their ceasefire, the Reuters news agency reports, citing a top United States official, even as Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon continue, killing at least 47 people since midnight.
  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has denounced Israel’s latest attacks in Lebanon, saying Israel’s “continued war-making” would have “serious and immediate consequences”.

Israel, Hezbollah agree to ceasefire, says US official, as attacks continue

  • Iran’s Foreign Ministry also says planned meeting with US officials in Switzerland as part of the deal to end the war has been postponed, and the two sides could meet “in the coming days”.
  • US President Donald Trump says Iran agreed to the deal “out of desperation”, adding that Tehran will “get no money, not ten cents”.

Israel Announces over 100 Strikes on Lebanon as Iran Cancels Switzerland Talks

Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-language spokesman for the Israeli military, said on Thursday that Israeli forces “struck more than 100 Hezbollah targets across various areas of Lebanon, including the Bekaa Valley and Nabatieh.

“Hezbollah violated the cease-fire in an attempt to prevent our forces from completing the destruction of capabilities it had built over many years, and we responded with force,” Adraee said.

The Iran-backed terrorists of Hezbollah insisted they had not “violated the cease-fire,” instead accusing Israel of “intensifying their cease-fire violations, committing massacres, and continuing to try to infiltrate areas and villages they were unable to reach before.”

Later on Thursday evening, Hezbollah admitted attacking Israeli units as they were advancing on a hill south of Nabatieh. The Israeli military said four of its soldiers were killed in the attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israeli forces will “remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon for as long as necessary to protect communities in the north.”

‘Blood libel’: Israel cuts ties with top EU diplomat over ‘apartheid’ remarks

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Thursday that he would be cutting ties with the office of E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas “until she retracts the blood libel she directed at the world’s only Jewish state.”

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