{"id":792471,"date":"2026-07-30T02:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792471\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T02:17:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:17:17","slug":"u-s-strikes-iran-after-trump-reportedly-issues-menacing-new-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/792471\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. strikes Iran after Trump reportedly issues menacing new threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

CENTCOM did not name the militias it had targeted, but the Popular Mobilization Forces, a grouping of dozens of mainly Shia pro-Iranian armed factions, said in a post on X that a number of its headquarters in Iraq had been attacked and several members killed. The attack marked a \u201chighly dangerous escalation\u201d in the conflict, as well as a \u201cviolation of Iraq\u2019s sovereignty,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

U.S. and Saudi fighters struck multiple logistics and weapons sites across eastern Iraq in a \u201cstrong response to over 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks in the last 72 hours,\u201d which it said were \u201cunwarranted,\u201d CENTCOM added. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe IRGC and its terrorist proxies must cease these attacks to avoid further U.S. military response,\u201d it warned. <\/p>\n

The Saudi Defense Ministry appeared to separately acknowledge the strikes in a post <\/a>on X, warning that \u201cthe Kingdom emphasizes that it does not seek escalation but will respond to any aggression it faces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at King\u2019s College London\u2019s School of Security Studies, said Iran likely launched its \u201csurprise\u201d attack in a bid to \u201cshape the negotiations through force, not because it had abandoned diplomacy.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"SatelliteSatellite imagery of the Bab el Mandeb strait.Gallo Images \/ Copernicus Sentinel Data 2026 via Getty Images<\/p>\n

He added that the timing of the strikes, right around President Trump<\/a>\u2019s meeting <\/a>with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington<\/a>, also felt \u201cdeliberate,\u201d with Iran signaling that \u201cany new American or Israeli campaign would face an immediate response.\u201d <\/p>\n

Oil prices soared Wednesday as the renewed hostilities threatened a potential escalation to an already spiraling war that has seen the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> largely shuttered for months amid Iran\u2019s blockade of the key trade route. The U.S. is also blockading Iranian ports along the waterway, through which some 20% of the world\u2019s oil passed before the conflict began. <\/p>\n

The conflict has also expanded to the Red Sea<\/a> after the Iran-backed Yemeni Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi Arabia on July 20 with shipping traffic drastically slowed along both Hormuz and Bab el Mandeb straits. <\/p>\n

Expressing optimism amid the renewed diplomatic efforts aboard Air Force One, Trump said Monday that he believed there was a \u201cchance we can make a deal.\u201d <\/p>\n

It was not the first time<\/a> that Trump has expressed optimism over negotiations to bring an end to the war and see the Strait of Hormuz reopened only to see a return to hostilities soon after. <\/p>\n

The president has repeatedly walked back threats to order sweeping attacks on infrastructure across Iran, but speaking over the phone on Fox News\u2019 \u201cFox & Friends\u201d earlier Tuesday, he said that if a deal could not be reached, he would \u201cfinish the job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CENTCOM did not name the militias it had targeted, but the Popular Mobilization Forces, a grouping of dozens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-792471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792471","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=792471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}