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WASHINGTON\/DUBAI, June 10 (Reuters) \u2013 The United States launched new strikes against multiple targets overnight in Iran, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump vowed even more attacks if no peace deal is secured.<\/p>\n
The military\u2019s Central Command announced the strikes were complete about four hours after they began shortly after midnight in Tehran, saying in a post on X that the targets included \u201cmilitary surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strikes are in response to Iran\u2019s unwarranted and continued aggression,\u201d Central Command said.<\/p>\n
The attacks were the latest development in an escalating exchange of strikes that threatens to reignite a full-scale war, which was paused in early April when the two sides agreed to a fragile ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said early on Thursday they had launched counter-attacks on 18 U.S. military targets at airbases in Kuwait and Bahrain, and Bahrain\u2019s interior ministry said sirens were sounded.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s top joint military command also warned it would fire on any vessel attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, which has been largely closed for months. Iranian media reported that two ships were fired upon.<\/p>\n U.S. Central Command denied that the strait was closed, saying commercial ships were still transiting the strait despite Iran\u2019s threats. Trump said earlier in the day that vessels have been crossing the strait without Iran\u2019s permission as part of a clandestine military mission.<\/p>\n Trump told Fox News reporter Trey Yingst on Wednesday evening that the strikes would stop shortly but that he would \u201cbomb the shit out of them\u201d if Iran\u2019s leaders did not sign an agreement with the U.S. immediately, Yingst wrote on X.<\/p>\n Iranian news agencies reported explosions in several cities, including Sirik, Kargan, Bandar Abbas, Minab, Varamin and Karaj.<\/p>\n U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presented the move as an effort to force Iran into a deal to end the conflict, telling reporters during a visit to Central Command in Florida that the strikes would \u201cadvance our military interests and also enhance our diplomatic position.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe will strike them hard tonight, and hopefully Iran makes a good decision,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we need to negotiate with bombs, we\u2019ll negotiate with bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n The United States and Iran have traded fire several times since the tentative ceasefire took hold, even as negotiators have unsuccessfully sought an end to the war, now in its fourth month. Trump has repeatedly said a deal is close, though there has been no sign of a breakthrough, while also threatening to resume bombing.<\/p>\n The U.S. military earlier targeted air defenses and radar sites around the Strait of Hormuz after a U.S. attack helicopter was downed near the strategic waterway on Monday. Iran responded with missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain. A U.S. official said there was no significant damage.<\/p>\n Iran accused the U.S. of striking reservoirs that supplied drinking water to 10 villages and violating international law.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not collateral damage \u2014 it is a calculated war crime and a flagrant violation of human rights,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghei said.<\/p>\n The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n Trump, who has threatened before to destroy Iran\u2019s civilian infrastructure, did not say whether the coming strikes would target power plants and bridges.<\/p>\n Despite the belligerent language from both sides, there were signs of continuing diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n A delegation from Qatar, which has been mediating between the United States and Iran, landed in Tehran on Wednesday to hold talks on the latest developments, Iranian media reported.<\/p>\n TRUMP CLAIMS A SECRET MISSION<\/p>\n The war has killed thousands and disrupted roughly one-fifth of the world\u2019s supply of oil and natural gas, sending prices sharply higher. Iran has blocked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, while the U.S. has maintained its own blockade on Iranian ports.<\/p>\n The conflict has become a political headache for the White House, with public polls showing Trump\u2019s approval ratings sinking amid voter anger over high gasoline prices. Some Republicans have openly worried the war\u2019s unpopularity could cost them control of Congress in November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n Oil prices rose nearly $3 following Trump\u2019s threat of escalation, and extended gains in early Asian trade on Thursday.<\/p>\n Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that vessels carrying 100 million barrels of oil have defied Iran to travel through the strait as part of a secret military mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hegseth said ships have been transiting the strait \u201cin the middle of the night, protected by the United States in a way that Iran can\u2019t stop, they can\u2019t see it.\u201d<\/p>\n Separately, the U.S. military said it disabled an oil tanker transporting Iranian crude in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday for a second consecutive day.<\/p>\n FIGHTING IN LEBANON CONTINUES<\/p>\n Fighting in a parallel war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has continued. Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people on Wednesday, Lebanese security sources said, while Hezbollah claimed fresh attacks against Israeli forces.<\/p>\n Tehran\u2019s demands include an end to Israel\u2019s attacks in Lebanon, the lifting of sanctions on Iran, the release of billions of dollars in frozen assets, and recognition of its control of the strait.<\/p>\n Trump says Iran must end its restrictions on shipping through Hormuz. He also says any peace deal must ensure Iran cannot develop a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n Iran denies any such ambition.<\/p>\n The U.N. nuclear watchdog\u2019s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a U.S.-backed resolution on Wednesday telling Iran to declare its remaining enriched uranium stocks and let inspectors verify them. Iran branded the resolution as \u201cpolitical.\u201d<\/p>\n (Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Writing by Andy Sullivan, Ros Russell and Gareth Jones; Editing by Peter Graff, Aidan Lewis, Deepa Babington and Lincoln Feast.)<\/p>\n (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2025. <\/p>\n Editorial Standards<\/a> \u00b7 Corrections<\/a> \u00b7 About gCaptain<\/a><\/p>\n This article contains reporting from Reuters, published under license.<\/p>\n \t\t Sign up for gCaptain\u2019s newsletter and never miss an update<\/p>\n \u2014 trusted by our 105,215 members<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON\/DUBAI, June 10 (Reuters) \u2013 The United States launched new strikes against multiple targets overnight in Iran, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,232336,3,210369,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-697158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-iran-conflict","tag-news","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"logo\"\/](\"https:\/\/gcaptain.com\/wp-content\/themes\/gCaptain-Theme\/assets\/images\/gcaptain-new-gray-logo.svg\"){kind=logo}
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