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US Hits Iran Nuclear Site, Kuwait Plant Again
The United States struck the construction site of Iran's Darkhovin nuclear power plant in Khuzestan Province early Sunday, marking the eighth consecutive night of American strikes on Iran. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said the facility was hit with several projectiles at around 3:39 a.m. local time, calling the attack a violation of international law and of the plant's status as a peaceful, internationally safeguarded nuclear site. The agency did not disclose whether the strike caused damage or casualties, according to Daily Sabah.Iran declared the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the interim deal it signed with the United States on June 18, 2026, to wind down the war, "suspended" following the latest round of strikes. President Donald Trump dismissed Iran's withdrawal from the deal, saying he "couldn't care less," according to Al Jazeera.Separately, Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy said Iranian attacks damaged the country's power generation and…
Two US Service Members Killed in Iran’s Jordan Strike
Two American service members were killed, and a third went missing Friday as ballistic missiles and drones struck US positions in Jordan, part of an Iranian barrage that also hit Camp Arifjan's support center and a radar facility at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait. CENTCOM said the two were "killed in action as U.S. Central Command and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks," according to ABC News.Iran's Revolutionary Guard said its forces struck the US base at Al-Azraq early Saturday and claimed to have destroyed several aircraft there, a claim Reuters said it could not independently verify, according to GV Wire.The IRGC has said explicitly that it considers Gulf states hosting American forces "complicit" in US strikes on Iran, framing bases like Camp Arifjan and Ali Al-Salem as legitimate targets rather than incidental casualties, per The Tribune.The casualties came a week after the collapse of…
US Strikes Iran for Seventh Straight Night
The United States carried out strikes on Iran for a seventh consecutive night on Friday, according to Euronews. US Central Command said its forces hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities, while continuing to enforce a naval blockade of Iranian ports.Iran responded in kind. Iran's army said its drones targeted a US ammunition depot at Al-Adairi camp in Kuwait, along with command buildings and ammunition storage facilities, according to Iran International. Kuwait's General Staff of the Army said its air defenses intercepted the drones. A separate Iranian strike the previous day hit a Kuwaiti power and desalination plant, sparking a fire and knocking out several generation units, per Gulf News.Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply, with crossings dropping to 14 vessels on Sunday from 37 the previous week, according to Kpler data cited by CNBC. No casualties from Friday's exchange had…
Sixth Night of US Strikes Hits Iran
US forces began a new wave of strikes against Iran at 2 p.m. ET Thursday, the sixth consecutive night, "to further degrade Iranian military capabilities" CENTCOM said in a statement posted on X. CENTCOM added that the strikes hit "dozens" of coastal surveillance, air defense, and logistics targets, and that Washington is "holding Iran accountable" for attacks on commercial shipping.Iran widened its retaliation, striking Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan and claiming hits on US forces in Bahrain and Syria as well, according to CNN. Qatar's Ministry of Interior said in its own statement, carried by the Qatar News Agency, that a child was injured by falling shrapnel during interception operations and is receiving medical care.Iran's Foreign Ministry accused the US of war crimes, citing a Wednesday strike on a mineral water facility in Dehloran and an earlier strike on a Chabahar traffic control center, per CNN.The exchanges mark a further breakdown…
US Strikes Six Bridges Near Iran’s Key Port
The United States expanded its sixth night of strikes against Iran into a campaign against inland logistics, hitting the Kahurestan and Giriyeh bridges on the Bandar Abbas–Lar highway, the main road link between Iran's largest port and Shiraz, along with a railway junction and a maritime control tower at Chabahar, according to the Washington Times.Iran's Hormozgan Governor's Office said the bridge strikes killed seven and wounded nine, though a separate report citing the Fars news agency put the toll at two killed and four wounded, with the Bandar Abbas–Khamir–Lar road closed entirely, per Ynet.The strikes appeared aimed at cutting Bandar Abbas off from routes toward Tehran, disrupting materiel and civilian goods bound for the interior, NBC News reported. Iran also acknowledged strikes on power infrastructure for the first time Friday, asking southern provinces to cut electricity use.Retaliatory strikes widened across the Gulf, with Qatar intercepting a missile attack and Kuwait…
Blockade Bites as US Strikes Gulf Island
US Central Command struck Greater Tunb Island on July 15, targeting cruise missile storage and launch sites along with coastal defense systems in a 90-minute wave, according to AP. Iran seized the island along with Abu Musa and Lesser Tunb from what would become the UAE in 1971, and the UAE has sought their return. Some analysts cited in the AP report suggested that US control of the islands could translate into control of the strait itself.The strike came as the US naval blockade, reinstated July 14, passed its first full day. Within 17 hours, Central Command said it had redirected two commercial vessels attempting to run the blockade, adding it "remains vigilant and prepared to ensure full compliance." A separate strike hit a barracks for Iran's 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Sistan and Baluchestan province, killing at least seven and wounding more than 260 people nationwide, Iranian officials said.Iran's…
