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Trump threatens to hit Iran ‘very hard’

Iraq condemns US-Saudi attacks

  • Iraq condemns US-Saudi strikes on the country, with the Popular Mobilisation Forces saying 20 of its fighters were killed, while 32 others were wounded.
 

Trump says US to deliver ‘beating’ to Iran after bases again targeted

US president promises major escalation a day after new Iran attacks and his White House meeting with Netanyahu.

US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House after flying on Marine One

United States President Donald Trump has pledged a major escalation against Iran after the latest Iranian attacks on US military sites in the Middle East.

Trump made the threat in an expletive-laden interview with Fox News reporter Trey Yingst on Wednesday.

Iran missiles target US forces in Jordan after a five-day pause in war

The US military says it has successfully intercepted a barrage of missiles fired by Iran at its troops in Jordan.

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Trump warns of unprecedented ‘massive attack’ on Iran

The US-Israeli war on Iran has triggered a global energy crisis

U.S. VOWS TO PUNISH IRAN AFTER HOUTHIS STRIKE TANKERS

  • Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait have reported retaliatory missile and drone attacks from Iran after a 12th consecutive day of US strikes, including an attack on Kuwait’s Al-Abdali border crossing with Iraq.
  • US President Trump says he is considering a “massive attack” on Iran, “bigger than ever before”, and that he is close to making a decision.
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking on the sidelines of the ASEAN conference in Manila, says Iran is “begging for a deal” but are not ready to keep to one.
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a tanker is ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz, while Yemen’s Houthis also claim missile and drone strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.
Houthi supporters hold a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, July 17, 2026, against the Saudi-led coalition. Banner in Arabic reads, “All Saudi oil facilities are targets to our missiles and drones.”

Trump: US will use Iranian money in its ‘possession’ to pay for damage to ships, cargo

The US president says on his Truth Social platform that, from now on, “Any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls”.

“These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do”, Trump added.

Tehran has nearly $100bn in assets frozen by other countries and beyond its control.

 

China Demands Middle East Parties ‘Remain Calm’ as Houthis Threaten Its Oil Tankers

The Chinese Communist Party has historically supported Iranian interests in the Middle East and Iranian terrorist proxies such as Hamas. Communist leaders, including genocidal dictator Xi Jinping, have maintained a marked distance from Iran during the current conflict with the United States, however, repeatedly demanding that all sides of the war respect freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have blockaded on and off since March. China is heavily dependent on the Middle East for its oil and other fossil fuel supplies, placing it in an especially vulnerable position despite not being an active combatant in the conflict.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry pronounced Beijing “deeply concerned” on Thursday over the ongoing war between Iran and its proxies and the United States in the Middle East, demanding all parties “remain calm.”

Iran Defiant:

Iran’s chief negotiator and parliament speaker has mocked the US military strategy aimed at degrading Tehran’s ability to control the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting it has backfired.

US State Department tells citizens in Middle East to prepare for potential flight cancellations due to Iran war

The US State Department has issued an advisory urging US citizens in West Asia to be prepared for emergency travel situations due to potential flight cancellations and disruptions to air travel as a result of the Iran war.

This warning comes amid President Trump’s latest threat to carry out a “massive attack” on Iran.

Iran War: Trump threatens to bomb a power plant for each ship strike

  • President Trump warns the US will bomb and destroy critical Iranian infrastructure every time Tehran shoots at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The United States attacks Iran for an 11th consecutive night as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the cost of the warhas reached $37.5bn.
  • The Revolutionary Guard launches more retaliatory attackson Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, with multiple drones and missiles intercepted.
  • Iran says it will “confront any hostility” after Trump threatens to attack a suspected Iranian nuclear site called Pickaxe Mountain “pretty soon and very heavily”.

Iran attacks Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait, says 2 tankers in Hormuz on fire

Five Iranian drones intercepted by Jordan

Jordan says it has neutralised five incoming drones from Iran, the country’s state news agency reported on Tuesday.

The Iranian army has announced that it targeted the US Sheikh Isa military base in Bahrain with drones, the state news agency Fars reports.

 US Forces Finish Tenth Consecutive Night of Strikes After Two Ships Hit Near Strait of Hormuz and Iran Fires Additional Strikes at Jordan

Tensions continued to rise in the Middle East on Monday after US forces continued a nine-day bombing streak against Iran on Sunday, following the death of two US service members killed in Iranian attacks. 

US Central Command forces completed a ninth consecutive round of nightly strikes against Iran on Sunday, aimed at “holding Iran accountable at the Commander in Chief’s direction.”

  • Iran continues retaliatory attacks across the region after a 10th consecutive night of US bombing, with the Revolutionary Guard saying it targeted US assets in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait.
  • “Massive fires” broke out on two tankers that “took an unsafe route” in the Strait of Hormuz, says the IRGC.
  • Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen declare a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia threatening to further disrupt the global energy supply.
  • US President Donald Trump warns Iran it will pay “many times over” for the deaths of American soldiers after a week in which at least three US personnel were killed.
  • Qatar has condemned a statement by the Houthi military spokesman accusing Saudi Arabia of blockading the Yemeni people and preventing maritime navigation after he declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia on Monday.
  • The announcement of the naval blockade came days after the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, threatened a “siege” on the kingdom in retaliation for an attack on Sanaa International Airport last week.

Islam, Islamic ‘envoys’ & that ridiculous “Islamophobia” fabrication

U.S. Launches Strikes to ‘Punish’ Iran After Troops Killed

U.S. Launches Strikes to ‘Punish’ Iran After Troops Killed

Marco Rubio on Iran:

I do think the world is coming to a point now where it’s clear that Iran—at least some people in Iran—want to control the straits and hold it as leverage against the world. And the world has to decide whether or not it’s going to allow an international waterway to be under the control of a country like this. It would be completely illegal, unlawful, and unacceptable. The United States will continue to do what it needs to protect global shipping, but other countries need to begin to step up and provide, whether it’s hardware or finances, to help carry that burden.

Iran: Hey, We’ve Got Moses, Jesus, David and Solomon on Our Side

Robert Spencer 

Sophronius, Jerusalem Patr. 634: “Invading (Muslims) are Godless wild barbarians, filled with diabolical savagery.. they ravage all with feral design.. inflict destruction and plunder.. incessant outpouring of human blood.. Birds devour human bodies.. churches pulled down.. ” :

Al Bozo has released the new ‘Islamophobia Report’

“Some of [the recommendations] we have adopted in full and are acting on already. Others we’ll give further consideration to.”

What a disgrace!

Anthony Albanese (centre) has announced the government’s response to the special envoy to combat Islamophobia’s report.

 ISIS related Islamic Terrorists shot 50 people, killing 15, so Labor imported ISIS Terrorist Brides & brought in laws so you can’t offend Muslims.

Yep, Australia is cooked.

Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi  “Anne Aly” came from Egypt to settle behind enemy lines in Australia. Does anyone know why and how?

Since she’s on the taxpayer funded “Islamophobia” racket, she pretends to be some kind of victim. She isn’t a victim of anything. Those who support her false claims are the enemy of Australia.

 
 
 
 
 
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Iran in ‘full-scale war’ with US

Iran president says country in ‘full-scale war’ with US

President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country is engaged in a “full-scale war” with the United States and Iran must accept the repercussions of the conflict.

IRGC says it’s ready for US ground invasion; Hamas names new leader

  • Hamas announces Khalil al-Hayya has been chosen as head of its political bureau succeeding Yahya Sinwar who was killed by Israel in Gaza in 2024.
  • A vessel is on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by a projectile forcing the crew to abandon ship. They were later rescued by a tugboat.
  • One person has been killed and several others wounded after the US military attacked the Iranian city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran.
  • A US service member has died in northern Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone, according to CENTCOM.

Hamas names Khalil al-Hayya as new leader

Khalil al-Hayya has long been a senior official in Hamas

The Palestinian group says Khalil al-Hayya has been chosen as the head of Hamas’s political bureau succeeding Yahya Sinwar who was killed in Gaza by the Israeli army in October 2024.

South Korea urges citizens to leave the Middle East

Seoul’s foreign ministry has advised short-term visitors to evacuate the Middle East immediately.

China urges respect for Saudi Arabia’s ‘sovereignty and security’

The statement from Beijing comes after Saudi Arabia intercepted ballistic missileslaunched by Yemen’s Houthi group last week.

Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi movement rally in Sanaa

Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officially known as Ansar Allah, threatened a “siege” on Saudi Arabia in retaliation for an attack on Sanaa International Airport.

Iran says diplomatic exchanges with US ongoing via mediators

Baghaei says messages from the US have been shared recently with Tehran through intermediaries despite ongoing fighting.

US bombs Iran for an eighth consecutive night

  • The US launches new strikes on Iran after two American soldiers were killed in Iranian strikes in Jordan.
  • US President Donald Trump says the deaths were “a very sad thing”, adding that “we’re never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.
  • Kuwait’s state-owned oil company says one of its main facilities has been hit in an Iranian strike as Iraqi media report that the US consulate in Erbil activated air defences amid drone attacks.
  • Top Iranian commander Ali Abdullahi has warned the US, saying “any aggression or barbarism will be met with a decisive and devastating response” from Iran’s armed forces.

Cardboard mufti still in hiding, tries to rally the masses….

 

Iran’s supreme leader warns US of ‘unforgettable lessons’ amid MoU breaches

Mojtaba Khamenei says Trump’s signature is ‘worthless’ and that ‘bullying’ is a core element of US foreign policy.

Iran says 10,000 without water after US attack; fire at Kuwait water site

  • Iran’s national water company says some 10,000 people across 20 villages are without water after overnight US attacks.
  • Iran’s army says it has hit US assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait following the latest round of US strikes. Kuwait says fire broke out at a power and desalination plant after an Iranian strike.
  • Earlier, US Central Command said it had completed its seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, employing “fighter aircraft, aerial drones and warships” to hit the country’s “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”.
  • Iranian state media says at least three people have been killed and eight wounded in attacks in Hormozgan province which borders the Strait of Hormuz.
  • US Central Command says a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that two oil tankers have exploded in the strait after hitting mines in the international waterway is “false”.

  • What to expect after the US reimposes naval blockade on Iran’s ports?

Behind enemy lines:

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.