Overview
- The U.S. expanded strikes on Iran on Monday, targeting command centers, air‑defence sites, coastal surveillance and rocket and drone launch positions, Centcom said.
- Iran and the IRGC reported retaliatory strikes across the Gulf region and claimed attacks on U.S. assets in places such as Jordan, Kuwait and Syria while some of those claims remain disputed by local sources.
- President Donald Trump framed the attacks as retaliation for recent U.S. troop deaths and said Iran had been ‘‘very hard hit,’’ and Iran’s president declared the countries to be in a full‑scale war.
- Maritime incidents in the Strait of Hormuz were reported, including a ship burning after an apparent hit and Iranian claims that two vessels exploded, raising risks to global oil and LNG transit.
- Despite the fighting and Tehran’s voiding of a June framework, Iranian officials say indirect diplomatic contacts through intermediaries continue, which leaves a narrow channel for de‑escalation.