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Key takeaways
• Hourslong strikes: The US launched a third night of strikes across a broad swath of Iran, US Central Command said. Iranian media reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas and the islands of Kish, Qeshm and Abu Musa.
• Ceasefire effectively collapsed: Trump notified Congress that “limited” military action has resumed in Iran. Tehran launched strikes at US regional allies and said it struck and disabled two “rogue supertankers.” The UAE said Iranian missiles hit two of its tankers in Omani territorial waters in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member.
• US blockade: US Central Command said it will resume its naval blockade of ships going to and from Iranian ports at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Global oil prices surged more than 9% on the news.
• Regional tensions: Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have exchanged fresh strikes, appearing to end a de facto truce.
Jordan intercepted missiles from Iran, state media says
Jordan says its air defense systems intercepted and shot down four missiles fired from Iran on Tuesday morning local time, Jordan’s state news agency Petra reported, citing a military source.
Shrapnel fell in several locations and the country’s Royal Engineering Corps had been deployed to deal with it, the news agency said.
Video shows aftermath of US strikes in southeast Iran
Video from a resident in southeast Iran shows the aftermath of recent US strikes.
The video was geolocated by CNN to Saravan County, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, near the border with Pakistan.
The strikes mark the third consecutive night the US has attacked Iran.
The US military said it struck targets across the country, including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas.
Air raid sirens sound in Bahrain as Iran says it "destroyed" targets
Iran has launched multiple waves of strikes towards Bahrain in recent hours.
“The siren has been sounded .. Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place,” said Bahrain’s interior ministry on X, just after 9:52 p.m. ET (4:52 a.m. local).
Sirens had also been activated just over two hours earlier.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it “targeted and destroyed several weapons-support warehouses, a satellite communications center and a building housing US forces at Bahrain’s Juffair base” in a missile and drone strike.
Iran has regularly claimed to have destroyed facilities on US bases throughout the war but often those claims are not backed by evidence.
US completes latest round of strikes against Iran
The US completed another round of strikes against Iran at 10:15 p.m. ET, US Central Command said in a social media post.
“During the five-hour mission, US forces successfully struck military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas to further degrade Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping,” CENTCOM wrote on X, adding US “forces employed precision munitions against Iranian coastal defense systems, missile and drone sites, and maritime capabilities.”
Today’s strikes mark the third consecutive night the US has conducted strikes against Iran
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it "struck and disabled" two tankers in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it “struck and disabled” what it called two “rogue supertankers,” according to a statement posted on Telegram.
The IRGC said the two tankers had turned off their navigation systems and ignored warnings from Iranian authorities in the Strait of Hormuz and tried to pass through a “mined route.”
The statement from the IRGC came after two United Arab Emirates tankers were hit by Iranian missiles in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz.
Tankers al-Bahiya and Mombasa were hit while they were in Omani territorial waters, and an Indian crew member aboard the latter was killed, according to the UAE defense ministry. The IRGC statement did not name the tankers it said it struck or say under what flag they were flying. It did not say when it struck the tankers.
At least a dozen US military aircraft airborne over the Middle East as strikes continue
At least a dozen US military aircraft were seen on flight tracking data circling off the coast of the UAE in the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and over Saudi Arabia early on Tuesday morning as CENTCOM announced a wave of strikes against Iran for a third consecutive night.
As of 8:00pET (3:30am Iran time), the airborne aircraft included nine KC-135R and two KC-46A refueling tankers. Several intelligence and surveillance aircraft including one E3-B Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System plane and a US Navy Poseidon P-8 Maritime surveillance aircraft were also visible on flight tracking data.
The E3-B enables airborne monitoring of up to 120,000 square miles of battlespace from the ground to the stratosphere. It can track around 600 targets at one time, from other aircraft, to missiles, to large drones, even down to tanks on the battlefield.
Refueling planes are key to keeping fighter jets and other attack aircraft airborne during extended operations, allowing them to replenish their fuel without having to land.
The key things Trump has said as US launches fresh strikes against Iran
President Donald Trump has provided some insight into the latest US military strikes against Iran.
Here are the key things you need to know:
What the US president has said:
- In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said, “We’re going to hit them very hard tonight, and we’re going to hit them hard tomorrow.”
- When talking about the memorandum of understanding that Washington and Tehran signed, he said Iran “didn’t honor the test.” While Trump on Monday said the MOU “didn’t mean much,” he has previously described it as “an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we set out to accomplish … ending the current conflict, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
- He told reporters that the US would ultimately control the Strait of Hormuz and insisted the war with Iran is moving “very fast” — even as it has blown past prior deadlines he predicted for its end. Characterizing it a “military skirmish,” he denied that the latest US bombing campaign marked a new, prolonged stage in the fight even as he declined to say how long it would last.
- The US should be reimbursed by “the countries that we’re helping” in the conflict with Iran, Trump said, naming several allies in the region, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States should be reimbursed by “the countries that we’re helping” in the conflict with Iran, naming several allies in the region. CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked President Trump which countries those are. (edited)
In Iran:
- Explosions were heard in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas as well as on the islands of Kish, Qeshm and Abu Musa, Iranian media reported early Tuesday local time.
- The Iranian army in a statement said it conducted drone strikes that targeted communication systems, fuel tanks, a Patriot air defense system, a watchtower and an ammunition depot at what Iran described as a US military base in Kuwait. The attacks are in response to “repeated US aggression against Iran,” the army said.
Other developments:
- Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, soared 9.59% to settle at $83.30 per barrel, its highest settle level since June 12. Brent posted its biggest single-day percent gain in over six years.
- The US canceled all consular appointments in the coming days at its UAE embassy and consulate, and all non-emergency government personnel have been relocated outside the country.
- Iranian missiles hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member, the UAE Defense Ministry said.
CNN’s Jennifer Hansler, Alejandra Jaramillo, Betsy Klein, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Zachary Cohen, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Adam Cancryn, Hira Humayun and Eyad Kourdi contributed to the report.
UAE says two of its tankers hit by Iranian missiles, killing one crew member
Two United Arab Emirates tankers were hit by Iranian missiles in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member, the UAE Defense Ministry said.
Tankers al-Bahiya and Mombasa were hit while they were in Omani territorial waters, and an Indian crew member aboard the latter was killed, according to the ministry. Six Indian nationals and two Ukrainian citizens were injured.
Both tankers were damaged and caught fire, the Defense Ministry said. The fires have now been brought under control, it said.
The Emirati Foreign Ministry condemned the strikes and expressed condolences to India.
“Commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool for pressure or economic blackmail amounts to piracy and poses a direct threat to the stability of the region and its peoples, as well as to global energy security,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Trump says he wants the US to be "reimbursed for protection"
President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States should be reimbursed by “the countries that we’re helping” in the conflict with Iran, naming several allies in the region.
“I want to be reimbursed because we’re protecting a very rich portion of the world,” he said. “We’re spending money, and so what we’ve done is – we are going to be reimbursed for protection.”
“We don’t need it, but we need it from the standpoint of protecting allies,” he added, insisting that the US has done a “a very effective job” at protecting Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Trump’s comments come amid concerns around the high cost of continued military action against Iran. Earlier Monday, Trump announced the US would resume its blockade of Iranian ports and suggested that the US would offer protection in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route in which Iran has been attacking commercial vessels, for a fee of 20% of the cargo shipped.
Trump declines to put a timeline on renewed "military skirmish" against Iran
President Donald Trump on Monday characterized the US’ renewed bombing campaign against Iran as a “military skirmish,” denying that it marked a new, prolonged stage in the fight even as he declined to say how long it would last.
“We have to do what we’re doing,” Trump said in response to questions from CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “We’ve cut down their capability very substantially, but they’re going to fight for a while.”
The president also downplayed the open-ended nature of the war, even as it’s now far exceeded the four-to-six-week timeline that his administration first set out for combat operations.
“We were in Vietnam for 19 years. We’re here for four months, so I think we’ve done a lot,” he said.
Trump offered few details on how he planned to ultimately bring the war to an end, insisting at points that he would eventually be able to negotiate a settlement with the Iranian regime. But he acknowledged that there was little expectation a deal would materialize soon.
“You have to get people that want to make something,” he said. “We had a deal with them two days ago, and then they said, ‘Oh, we can’t make that deal. We have to negotiate it further.’”
Iran claims it targeted US military facilities in Kuwait and fired cruise missiles at US naval vessel
Iran claimed it targeted US military facilities in Kuwait with drones and fired cruise missiles at a US naval vessel on Monday, the official Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported.
CNN has reached out to US Central Command for comment.
According to a statement by the Iranian army, the drone strikes targeted communication systems, fuel tanks, a Patriot air defense system, a watchtower and an ammunition depot at what Iran described as a US military base in Kuwait.
The army said the attacks were carried out in response to “repeated US aggression against Iran.”
The statement also claimed that the Iranian navy fired cruise missiles at a “hostile vessel” belonging to the United States in response to missile attacks on Iranian military sites.
Trump says US will ultimately control the strait, claims war is moving "very fast"
President Donald Trump on Monday said the United States would ultimately control the Strait of Hormuz and insisted the war with Iran is moving “very fast” – even as it has blown past prior deadlines he predicted for its end.
“We’re attacking them tonight, and we’re taking out all of their capability for anything having to do with the strait, with the Hormuz Strait, and I think in the end we will end up just controlling the whole thing,” Trump said while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office.
Asked how long he expects the war to last, the president said he believes the conflict has been moving quickly. In early March, when the conflict was in its infancy, he predicted it would be over in four weeks.
“Well, I think it’s going very fast. We’ve demolished their military,” Trump said.
Trump’s comments come as military operations between the US and Iran continue to escalate following renewed exchanges of strikes last week.
Explosions heard in southern Iran as US launches more strikes
Three explosions were heard in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported early Tuesday local time.
IRNA did not give further details, but the report came as the United States launched a new round of strikes against Iran, according to US Central Command.
The Hormozgan provincial government said a projectile hit the western part of Bandar Abbas but that no casualties were immediately reported, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.
Explosions were also heard on the islands of Kish, Qeshm and Abu Musa, according to Fars.
Farther west, explosions were also heard in Jam and Kangan in Bushehr province.
US military launches new wave of strikes against Iran
The US is launching more strikes against Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, US Central Command said in a post to social media Monday.
“At 4:45 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command began launching the third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, at the Commander in Chief’s direction,” CENTCOM wrote on X. “These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”
A US official told CNN the US was targeting Iranian military assets including coastal surveillance systems, drone and missile capabilities.
Oil prices jump more than 9% after Trump announces new blockade of Iranian ports
Oil prices surged Monday as traders assessed President Donald Trump’s announcement that the US will reimpose a blockade of Iranian ports.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, soared 9.59% to settle at $83.30 per barrel, its highest settle level since June 12. Brent posted its biggest single-day percent gain in over six years.
WTI, the US oil benchmark, rose about 9.4% to settle at $78.14 per barrel, its highest settle level since June 15. WTI posted its biggest single-day jump since early April 2026.
Oil prices remain well below their Iran war peaks above $110 per barrel, but have rebounded higher after declining in recent weeks. Resurgent tensions between Washington and Tehran and a halt in ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz have sent oil prices climbing again.
Trump says MOU with Iran was a "test" and "didn’t mean much"
President Donald Trump on Monday cast his much-touted memorandum of understanding with Iran as a “test” that he would have preferred to skip.
“It’s a standard tactic in the US that you go to a memorandum of understanding and then you go to the deal. I said, ‘Just go to the deal first,’” Trump said during an appearance on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.”
He continued: “But you know what? It was sort of a test, and they weren’t there. They didn’t honor the test.”
The ceasefire agreement, signed last month, kicked off a 60-day period to negotiate some of the more complicated nuclear issues. But the accord appears to be in shambles as strikes have resumed on both sides in the region.
Trump previously described the MOU as “an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we set out to accomplish … ending the current conflict, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
But on Monday, he said it “didn’t mean much.”
“Memorandum of understanding when you’re dealing with sleazebags don’t mean much, and they don’t mean much when you’re dealing with honorable people, too, because it’s a memorandum of understanding — it doesn’t mean much,” Trump told Hewitt.
Trump previews additional military strikes on Iran
President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States plans to carry out additional military strikes against Iran, signaling more action after exchanges between the two countries resumed last week.
During an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump suggested the US is closely tracking Iranian targets but declined to discuss operational details.
“We’re going to hit them very hard tonight, and we’re going to hit them hard tomorrow,” the president said.
Hewitt asked whether the US or Israeli military knew the whereabouts of Iran’s remaining military leadership and whether they could target them, and Trump responded: “Yeah, I do, but we don’t want to talk about that. But we certainly are watching.”
Last month Rubio said it would be unworkable to charge tolls on Strait of Hormuz
On Monday, US President Donald Trump suggested that the US would charge a 20% toll for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
However, just last month, his top US diplomat denounced the idea of charging tolls for the critical waterway and described it as “not even workable.”
During a visit to three Arab states in the Persian Gulf at the end of June, Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeatedly rebuffed the notion of tolling for the critical waterway, over which Iran has continued to try to assert control. Earlier in June, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tehran was “not seeking to collect transit tolls” but that “fees” would be collected for “services that we will provide.”
The top US diplomat also questioned how a tolling mechanism would work.
“It’s not doable. Because what’s the consequence for not paying? Let’s say a ship says, well, I’m not going to pay the fee. It’s not like a toll on a road. You don’t get a ticket in the mail. They get shot at. You shoot at one ship, you sink one ship, no other ship is going to move. So that sort of system is not only unwise; it can’t happen. It’s not even workable. So you might as well abandon the fantasy now,” he said on June 25.
US cancels appointments at its embassy in UAE "due to the regional security situation"
The US has canceled all consular appointments in the coming days at its embassy and consulate in the United Arab Emirates “due to the regional security situation.”
The cancellation comes as Iran has ratcheted up its attack targeting its Gulf neighbors, including the UAE, as the agreement between Washington, DC and Tehran unravels.
Missiles fired overnight Saturday did not reach the territory of the UAE, according to a statement from the country’s National Emergency Crisis Authority (NCEMA.)
