Overview
- U.S. Central Command said it resumed a naval blockade on Iranian ports and carried out multiple waves of air, drone and naval strikes targeting coastal defenses and missile sites, actions that escalated over Wednesday.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported retaliatory missile and drone strikes against U.S.-linked facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and warned it could close other export routes that benefit U.S. partners.
- CENTCOM said U.S. forces disabled a commercial tanker trying to reach Iran’s Kharg Island after it ignored warnings and redirected two other vessels attempting to breach the blockade.
- Iranian state sources reported deaths and hundreds wounded from U.S. strikes on southern sites and barracks, while President Trump’s claims about senior Iranian leaders being killed remain disputed and unverified.
- The breakdown of the June interim memorandum has tightened pressure on global energy supplies, pushed oil prices higher and left mediators racing to prevent the fighting from widening across the Gulf.