Overview
- Hours after Washington confirmed two U.S. service members were killed and a third was missing from Iranian strikes on a Jordanian base, U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces began another wave of airstrikes that marked at least an eighth straight night of attacks.
- CENTCOM said the strikes targeted Iranian coastal surveillance, air‑defence sites, maritime assets and missile and drone storage to reduce threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and to punish IRGC units it blamed for the Jordan attack.
- Iran announced it had suspended its commitments under the interim memorandum with the U.S. and launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases and Gulf infrastructure, with Iranian authorities reporting dozens of civilian deaths and hundreds wounded in recent fighting.
- Reports say U.S. aerial refueling tankers have been repositioned to the region and analysts link that movement to planning for a larger air campaign, and Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization accused U.S. strikes of hitting the under‑construction Darkhovin plant while the IAEA says the site held no nuclear material at its last visit.
- The collapse of the month‑old deal has sharply reduced shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, strained Gulf utilities such as desalination and power, and increased the risk of wider regional escalation with real economic and humanitarian consequences.