President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, initial U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan in April failed to reach a peace deal.
Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of a U.S. blockade until negotiations are concluded “one way or the other.”
Latest Developments
Jun 8, 3:52 AM
Iranian state media reports damage from Israeli strikes
Iranian officials reported damage at a petrochemical plant in southwestern Iran and a military complex in northern Iran as a result of Israeli airstrikes, Iranian state media said.
The Israel Defense Forces said its air force struck “several targets” at a petrochemical plant in southwestern Iran. The semi-official Iranian Fars News outlet said that the region’s deputy security officer confirmed the attack at the Karun Mahshahr Petrochemical Company and said part of the plant was damaged.
Iranian state news agency IRNA also cited local officials as saying no casualties had been reported after an attack on a military complex in the northern city of Tabriz.
-ABC News’ Victoria Beaule
Jun 8, 3:43 AM
Houthis claim attack on Israel, say Israeli shipping banned from Red Sea
The Iran-aligned Houthi rebel group in Yemen on Monday claimed an attack on “sensitive Israeli targets.”
In a statement on their Telegram channel, the Houthis also declared a ban on Israeli ships navigating in the Red Sea. “We affirm that we will respond to escalation with escalation, and our military operations will intensify in accordance with events,” the statement read.
-ABC News’ Victoria Beaule and Nasser Atta
Jun 8, 3:36 AM
IDF reports more Iranian missile fire on Monday morning
The Israel Defense Forces said in a post to X on Monday morning that it identified more missiles launched toward Israel from the direction of Iran, prompting sirens across central and northern Israel.
So far, Israeli authorities have reported no casualties from the Iranian fire that resumed on Sunday — attacks Tehran said were retaliation for Israeli strikes on alleged Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to hold a security cabinet meeting at 11 a.m. local time (4 a.m. ET), an Israeli official told ABC News.
Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: A trail of smoke from the interception of an Iranian attack is pictured over Jerusalem on June 8, 2026.
-ABC News’ Victoria Beaule and Jordana Miller
Jun 8, 3:04 AM
Trump says he calls ‘all the shots’ after Israeli strikes on Iran
In a phone interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, President Donald Trump insisted that he — not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — calls “all the shots” after renewed fire between Iran and Israel.
Trump told the FT that Netanyahu would have to accept any potential deal struck between the U.S. and Iran. “He won’t have any choice,” Trump said. “I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn’t call the shots,” he added.
Samuel Corum/Getty Images – PHOTO: President Donald Trump, pictured here speaking to reporters, June 5, 2026, on Air Force One, plans to attend an NBA Finals game this week between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The president’s assertion that he calls “all the shots” over Israel comes despite him reportedly telling Fox News earlier today that he was not happy about Israel’s strikes in the Lebanese capital Beirut, where the Israel Defense Forces said it was targeting the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia.
Sunday’s subsequent exchanges of fire between Israel and Iran were the first direct attacks since the April 8 ceasefire. But Trump brushed off the severity of the latest developments, saying Sunday’s military action “did not kick at all.”
“We’ll see how it ends up,” he told the FT. “It’s one of those things that’s been going for 3,000 years, or 47 years, depending on how you count.”
Sunday’s fire will “not going to have any impact” on a possible deal, the president said. “The deal may make it on its own merit, or not.” The president also told FT, “I think the deal is going on.”
Trump once again threatened military action in Iran in the event that no deal is reached, but he also suggested retaining the naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Number one, it would mean that possibly we would go in and take care of the rest of the place that we didn’t take care of militarily. Or it would just mean that we would keep the blockade on Iran because the blockade has been probably more powerful than any attack that was ever made on that country,” Trump said.
According to FT, the phone interview took place “shortly after” Iran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday. It is unclear if the call occurred before or after the president’s phone call with Axios, where he said he was planning to call Netanyahu and instruct him not to retaliate.
ABC has contacted the White House to request comment on the reported phone call.
-ABC News’ Emily Chang and Devin Garbitt
Jun 8, 12:17 AM
Iran launches more strikes against Israel: IDF
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that Iran has launched further strikes against Israel.
“Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the IDF said.
Jun 7, 9:42 PM
Israel conducts strikes in Iran: IDF
Israel conducted strikes in western and central Iran, the IDF said in a statement early Monday morning local time.
The IDF said it struck military targets.
Jun 7, 6:30 PM
Oil prices rise as Iran launches missiles at Israel
Oil prices are higher Sunday as trading begins for the week, hours after Israel said it identified missile strikes from Iran.
U.S, oil is trading at $93.30 a barrel, up 3% and global oil is trading at $95.78, up 2.8%
The average price for a gallon of regular is $4.09, up $1.16 since the war started.
After a sharp selloff on Friday, stock futures are trading lower; Dow futures are down 199 points.
-ABC News’ Zunaira Zaki
Jun 7, 12:42 PM
Israeli strikes in Beirut could put US-Iran peace negotiations in peril
Israeli military forces launched strikes against Iranian-backed Hezbollah military targets in southern Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, posing a dangerous moment for U.S.-Iran peace talks and an already tenuous ceasefire in the Persian Gulf region around the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strikes were occurring in Beirut and its suburbs. The strikes were in response to the Hezbollah militant group firing missiles into northern Israel.
-/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: First responders inspect damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut’s southern suburbs, June 7, 2026.
“In accordance with the directives of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz, the IDF has now attacked terrorist headquarters in the Dachiyya neighborhood of Beirut, in response to Hezbollah firing into Israeli territory,” Netanyahu and Katz said in a joint statement on Sunday.
Last week, Netanyahu said Israel would attack Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut. The IDF had issued evacuation orders for the area.
Sunday’s strikes followed a heated phone call on June 1 between Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, who sources told ABC News was angered by Israel’s escalation in Lebanon and its potential to imperil the administration’s ongoing negotiations with Iran.
Before Sunday’s strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned in a statement on Iranian state media that if Israel were to strike Beirut, Iran would launch strikes against Israel. Iran, via state media, also threatened to stop negotiations with the United States.
-ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge