Middle East Live: US Air Strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island Kill Three People
CENTCOM said the strikes hit dozens of IRGC sites and aimed to curb threats to U.S. forces, shipping and Gulf states, officials said.
- On Thursday, The United States Central Command launched a heavy wave of strikes against Iran, hitting dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets including military command centers, missile facilities, and coastal surveillance sites.
- These strikes came hours after President Donald Trump promised to hit Iran "very hard" following Iranian missile attacks on a U.S. base in Jordan, where Jordanian air defenses shot down five missiles.
- Strikes were concentrated in Iran's southern provinces along the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, with explosions reported in Abadan, Kazerun, and Kish. Iranian officials claim a residential building on Qeshm Island was hit, trapping three people.
- On Wednesday, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on two Iranian firms integral to an IRGC-backed "scheme" forcing commercial vessels to buy insurance to transit Hormuz. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated the U.S. will not allow Iran to "hold global commerce hostage."
- Pentagon official David Des Roches told Al Jazeera the strikes were "not a very overwhelming attack," suggesting President Trump is "trying to keep things proportionate, or to keep things open for diplomacy.
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US strike kills whole family in Iran’s Qeshm island
US forces launched a new wave of strikes across Iran on Thursday, after a recent five-night pause, triggering further Iranian attacks in Jordan and Kuwait. Iranian media said a couple and their two-year-old child died when a residential building was hit on Qeshm Island. Two other children of the family were injured and orphaned. US Central Command claimed the operation hit dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites, including command cent…
IRGC Strikes Jordan Again After 2-Hour US Bombardment Kills Iranian Troops, Civilians – Hormuz Traffic Creeps Higher
Via ZeroHedge In the wake of the overnight fresh round of US airstrikes on Iran, which resulted in destruction and casualties especially along coastal areas, Iran’s military has retaliated once again especially on Jordan. US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it completed a “heavy” wave of strikes on the Islamic Republic, in response to “attempted...
US Strike on Iran Kills 2-Year-Old Child and Family, Leaves Two Other Kids Beneath Rubble
A family of three, including their 2-year-old child, were killed by US strikes against a residential building in Iran's Qeshm City, according to reports from Iranian media on Thursday.
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Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slightly increased as US-Iran negotiations remained ongoing in an effort to restore peace after the memorandum of understanding collapsed amid two weeks of tit-for-tat strikes, according to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, who provided no further details. Still, the security situation in the Gulf deteriorated overnight after the US launched a new wave of strikes on Iran followi…
Pictures have been released showing smoke rising from Qeshm, Iran, after a wave of US strikes. Rescue teams can be seen clearing the rubble to search for victims. The US military has announced that its forces have begun airstrikes against Iran. US Central Command said the strikes were "a powerful response to yesterday's attempted attacks by Iran on US forces based in the Middle East", writes skynews. This comes after US President Donald Trump sa…
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Vows US Will Be 'Punished Today' Following Overnight Strikes
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that the United States will be 'punished today' after American forces carried out a new wave of overnight strikes targeting Iranian military infrastructure. The warning came on Thursday as the conflict between Washington and Tehran entered another volatile phase, with both sides exchanging military action across the Middle East. The latest escalation followed Iran's reported 'surprise attack' on US military …
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