Overview
- U.S. Central Command said it carried out two days of airstrikes to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten shipping, striking roughly 90 targets including air defenses during operations that continued into Wednesday.
- Iran’s military announced drone strikes on July 9 against U.S. infrastructure in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain, and Jordan reported intercepting missiles fired from Iranian direction.
- Iran’s Health Ministry reported at least 14 dead and 78 wounded over the two days of strikes, and Iranian outlets described explosions, local power outages and attacks near the Bushehr nuclear plant.
- Some media, citing U.S. officials, reported U.S. forces destroyed two railway bridges in northeastern Iran, a detail that remains reported but not independently verified in the coverage.
- Despite the fighting, U.S. and Iranian officials are reported to be continuing technical talks on nuclear development, even as President Trump and U.S. military statements say the earlier 60-day ceasefire is effectively at risk of collapse and Gulf shipping faces renewed danger.