Overview
- U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets overnight, hitting air defenses, command centers, coastal radars, anti-ship missile capabilities and dozens of IRGC small boats in response to attacks on three commercial vessels.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported that it struck about 85 U.S.-linked installations in Kuwait and Bahrain with missiles and drones, claims that have been broadcast by Iranian state media but not independently verified.
- President Donald Trump announced at the NATO summit in Ankara that the truce with Iran is "terminated" and the U.S. reimposed limits on new transactions in Iranian hydrocarbons as part of a broader pressure campaign.
- Markets and regional authorities reacted immediately with oil prices jumping, air-raid alerts in Bahrain and reports that Kuwait was responding to hostile missiles and drones, while NATO leaders expressed concern about U.S. unilateral action at the summit.
- The flare-up reverses the mid-June protocol that briefly reopened the Strait of Hormuz, leaves attribution of some attacks contested, and risks wider spillover across the Gulf unless diplomatic mediators press both sides to de-escalate.