US strikes Iran, tanker, as Tehran hits Kuwait, Jordan: What’s the latest

The US subject has continued strikes against Iran, hitting targets further to the country’s northbound arsenic good arsenic adjacent to superior Tehran for the archetypal clip successful the latest circular of violence.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said aboriginal connected Thursday it struck respective subject sites and assets successful a bid to “further degrade Iran’s quality to endanger guiltless mariners” successful the Strait of Hormuz. The portion besides said it disabled an lipid tanker successful the passageway.

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At slightest 35 radical person died, and much than 300 person been wounded successful the latest question of attacks that began past Wednesday aft CENTCOM launched strikes connected Iranian larboard cities adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. The US says the attacks are successful retaliation for Iran hitting 3 commercialized ships successful the Strait.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted US subject assets successful neighbouring Gulf countries.

Here’s what has happened successful Iran and the US connected Wednesday and Thursday and what some sides are saying:

Where did the US hit?

CENTCOM said successful a connection aboriginal connected Thursday that US aerial strikes targeted Iranian bid centres, aerial defence sites, rocket and drone capabilities arsenic good arsenic coastal surveillance facilities.

Multiple locations were hit, CENTCOM said, including Bandar Abbas connected Thursday.

An earlier question of strikes precocious connected Wednesday deed coastal defence and cruise rocket sites connected Greater Tunb Island successful a 90-minute bombing wave, CENTCOM added. The small, strategically located land sits adjacent the Strait of Hormuz and is believed to clasp a naval base, though details are not publically available. It is besides believed to beryllium a constituent from which the Iranian subject has disrupted shipping routes.

Meanwhile, Iranian media reported attacks successful Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Sirik, Chabahar, Konarak, Rask, Khondab, Khorramabad and Semnan.

A infirmary successful Ahvaz was forced to evacuate 211 patients aft reportedly being deed successful the strikes.

Air defences were activated successful Tehran and neighbouring Pakdasht and Parchin connected Thursday.  The Iranian subject said an MQ-9 drone was downed implicit the metropolis of Andimeshk.

CENTCOM, successful a abstracted connection connected Thursday, said it was enforcing a naval blockade reimposed connected Tuesday by disabling a “non-compliant” lipid tanker that was attempting to sail towards Iran’s Kharg Island utilizing Hellfire missiles.

How has Iran responded?

Iran’s service claimed retaliatory attacks connected US subject assets successful Kuwait and Bahrain connected Thursday.

Kuwait: The Iranian service said successful a connection it targeted radar systems, the Patriot defence strategy and substance tanks belonging to US forces astatine the Ali Al Salem airbase successful Kuwait. In an earlier statement, it said it deed a radar and gathering constituent for US soldiers successful Kuwait, arsenic good arsenic US communications systems and substance depots successful Jordan’s al-Azraq airbase.

Bahrain: Drones besides targeted US Super Hawk radars and Patriot defence systems astatine the Sheikh Isa airbase successful Bahrain, the service added.

Jordan: Meanwhile, Jordan said it intercepted 8 Iranian missiles connected Thursday.

Iraq: Iraqi authorities said 5 drones attacked the metropolis of Erbil, with 2 crashing adjacent a US basal and 1 changeable down adjacent the US consulate. Iran’s service has not claimed the attacks.

What are some sides saying?

Iran’s parliament talker and pb negotiator, Mohammad Ghalibaf, said connected Wednesday Iran is prepared for a fuller subject confrontation if the US does not unrecorded up to the presumption of the interim deal. The state is warring an “existential” battle, helium added.

The IRGC has, meanwhile, threatened to halt each vigor exports from the Middle East implicit the US’s naval blockade, which was reimposed connected Tuesday.

“The export of lipid and state from the portion volition beryllium either for everyone oregon for nary one,” it said successful a statement.

Speaking astatine the US Army War College successful Pennsylvania connected Wednesday, President Donald Trump reiterated his claims that Iran was pushing to onslaught a bid woody down the scenes but did not supply details.

“They don’t similar what we’re doing, and they bash privation to settle. We’ll find retired whether oregon not we settee with them, oregon we conscionable decorativeness it off,” helium said.

However, successful a uncommon amusement of gratitude connected Wednesday, Trump thanked Iran via his Truth Social level for the merchandise of Dena Karari, an American national the US says was “wrongfully” jailed successful the state since 2024.

Meanwhile, US Vice President JD Vance, successful an interrogation with podcaster Joe Rogan released connected Wednesday, defended the warfare connected Iran but added that an statement was needed betwixt the 2 sides to extremity the conflict.