Overview
- U.S. Central Command said it carried out a second consecutive night of precision strikes inside Iran, targeting surveillance, communications and air‑defence sites that it said threatened U.S. forces and commercial shipping.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported retaliatory missile and drone strikes on U.S.‑linked bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, though CENTCOM and independent sources have not confirmed the full extent of reported damage.
- President Donald Trump publicly threatened heavier attacks and said U.S. forces could seize Kharg Island and other Iranian oil infrastructure, escalating pressure on stalled negotiations.
- U.S. forces have disabled multiple merchant vessels enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, and reporting says recent strikes on tankers killed several seafarers, prompting diplomatic protests and condemnation from the International Maritime Organization.
- Qatar and Pakistan continue back‑channel mediation but talks have stalled, global actors including Russia and the U.N. have urged restraint, and the fighting is disrupting Strait of Hormuz traffic and pushing oil prices higher.