Overview
- The US military said it carried out a seventh consecutive night of airstrikes on Saturday targeting coastal surveillance, air-defense sites and logistics nodes to weaken Iran's ability to threaten shipping, Centcom reported.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard and military reported retaliatory missile and drone strikes on US bases and allied facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan and elsewhere, and Gulf states said they intercepted incoming threats.
- The Strait of Hormuz has become a sharp flashpoint as Iran says it stopped four ships and reported two tankers exploding after hitting mines while the US denies the tanker-explosion claims and ship transits have fallen to roughly a dozen a day.
- Washington has reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports and carried out interdictions at sea, including boarding the M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman to enforce the blockade, Centcom said.
- Diplomats including Pakistan and the UN are urging a return to talks even as Iranian officials warn of strikes on regional infrastructure and Iranian authorities report dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to power, ports and transport links.