The United States carried out a fresh round of strikes on Iran and renewed a blockade of its ports, while Tehran targeted American allies in the Gulf and vowed the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed “until the US ends its aggression”. Here are Wednesday’s latest developments: US military completes latest wave of strikes on IranThe US military Central Command said it carried out a new wave of strikes on dozens of military targets in Iran. “U.
S. fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels launched precision munitions against Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, and coastal defense systems during the seven-hour wave to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews,” CENTCOM said. Earlier, CENTCOM said the strikes were aimed at “degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”Iran Guards say Hormuz will remain shutIran’s Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States ends its “acts of aggression” and warned that other regional oil export routes could also become targets.”The enemy should know that now that its maritime raiders have blocked the Indian Ocean route for oil and gas exports to the world — thereby endangering the interests of America’s economic rivals — it should also expect the closure of other oil and gas export routes that serve the interests of the United States and its allies,” the statement said.
They did not elaborate on which routes could be affected.”Oil and gas exports from the region will either be available for everyone or for no one,” they added. Iran attacks US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, BahrainIranian state-run television IRIB reported that Iran’s army and the Revolutionary Guards carried out separate attacks on US targets in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain. The army said it targeted the Al-Azraq base in Jordan with drones, IRIB reported.
Separately, the Guards said they fired cruise missiles at a US military logistics centre in Kuwait. The Guards also said they struck facilities used by the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. Kuwait and Jordan said they intercepted drones and missiles from Iran, while Bahrain’s interior ministry said sirens rang out. Trump threatens Iranian power plantsUS President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Tuesday he would expand US strikes on Iran next week to target power plants and bridges if Tehran does not make a deal.”Next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants.
Next week comes the bridges,” Trump said in an interview with the US broadcaster Fox News.”We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”US naval blockade comes into effectA renewed US blockade on Iranian ports came into effect at 2000 GMT Tuesday, preventing vessels from transiting to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas. “There are currently more than 20 US Navy warships and hundreds of military aircraft operating across the Middle East,” US Central Command said in a statement. “American forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.”Trump backs down on Hormuz ship levyUS President Donald Trump scrapped a planned 20 percent levy on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day after he announced it, replacing the fee with trade deals with Gulf allies.
Iran says US hit nuclear plant city, border zone, Gulf islandUS strikes on Tuesday hit the port city of Bushehr, which hosts Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant, and an area near the border with Kuwait and Iraq, authorities said. Abadan, which hosts the oldest oil refinery in the Middle East, and the port city of Mahshahr were also targeted, Khuzestan province deputy governor Valiollah Hayati said, according to state news agency IRNA.
Iranian state television reported explosions around the port city of Bandar Abbas and the Gulf island of Qeshm, both near the Strait of Hormuz. Israel leader vows ‘decisive’ hit if Iran attacksIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to strike powerfully against Iran if it staged a new attack on his country.”I will say it to the leaders of Iran: Do not count on things remaining quiet if you attack us,” Netanyahu said at a conference. “The days are over when someone strikes us and we don’t hit back with a decisive blow.”burs/jgc/sla/abs/fox
Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:32:20 GMT