Overview
- U.S. Central Command said it completed a series of airstrikes on IRGC military sites on Tuesday that targeted naval launchers, air‑defense positions, radar systems and communications infrastructure.
- President Donald Trump said the strikes were a response to Iranian attempts to attack commercial ships and to lay naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz and warned of larger strikes if Iran retaliates.
- Iranian state media and the Iranian Red Crescent reported explosions in southern cities including Qeshm, Bandar Abbas and Chabahar and said a strike on a wedding in Kuhestak killed at least five people and wounded dozens.
- The IRGC claimed it launched retaliatory rocket and drone attacks on regional U.S. bases, and Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait reported intercepting or repelling some attacks while U.S. officials say no American casualties have been confirmed.
- The U.S. simultaneously announced new sanctions on Iran’s banking sector and overseas IRGC assets, and Iran’s president Masud Pezeshkian said Tehran would resume the Islamabad memorandum if the United States returns to its commitments.