Overview
- U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces struck roughly 170 Iranian military targets over two days, targeting air defenses, command-and-control nodes, coastal radars, missile systems and dozens of IRGC small boats.
- Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched counterattacks against U.S. positions and Gulf-area facilities and warned they could close or tightly restrict passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Commercial shipping through Hormuz has been sharply reduced with many vessels avoiding the route or transiting in very small numbers, and some services reporting the passage largely stalled.
- The U.S. revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Iranian oil before the strikes and markets reacted immediately with oil and gas price spikes and broad stock declines, raising inflation and policy risks.
- Diplomatic channels and mediators continue quiet contacts even as intelligence reports of a suspected Iranian plot against President Trump circulate and Iran’s post‑Khamenei politics and stronger IRGC influence make a negotiated truce harder to reach.