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U.S. President Donald Trump vowed caller attacks against Iran connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), saying American forces would besides soon prehend the country's cardinal lipid infrastructure aft the 2 sides exchanged strikes overnight.
West Asia war: Follow LIVE updates connected June 11, 2026
His menace came aft Iran warned the shaky ceasefire successful their three-month warfare was "practically meaningless" pursuing the latest strikes by the United States, which saw Tehran respond with attacks astir the region.
The war, which began connected February 28 with a question of U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran, was paused by the April truce, but efforts to hammer retired a imperishable extremity to the warring person stalled and sporadic exchanges of occurrence person enactment the ceasefire nether repeated strain.
The U.S. subject volition deed Iran "VERY HARD TONIGHT," Mr. Trump said successful a Truth Social station connected Thursday (June 11, 2026).
"At immoderate constituent successful the not excessively distant future, we volition beryllium taking Kharg Island, and different lipid infrastructure points, and presume full power of their Oil and Gas Markets, overmuch similar we person with Venezuela," helium added.
In abstracted comments to Fox News, helium said helium would "rather not" deed Iranian civilian infrastructure similar powerfulness plants, arsenic antecedently threatened, "because erstwhile you bash that, the radical suffer".
In a 2nd consecutive time of tit-for-tat attacks, Washington deed surveillance, communications and aerial defence facilities, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said, portion Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced a "punitive operation" targeting a U.S. basal successful Jordan and Gulf states reported incoming fire.
Mediators Pakistan and Qatar suggested backchannel efforts to negociate an extremity to the warfare were ongoing successful spite of the flare-up, though Islamabad cautioned it was "hard to beryllium an optimist" successful airy of the escalation.
The strikes took spot portion a Qatari delegation was successful Tehran for talks, with a diplomatic root saying the discussions lasted into the aboriginal hours of the greeting and were "conducted successful coordination with the United States".
Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly maintained negotiations with Tehran were adjacent to a deal, had said connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) that Iran keeps "playing america for suckers" and volition present "have to wage the price".
Hours aft those comments, CENTCOM said U.S. forces began strikes aboriginal connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) successful Iran, aboriginal adding it had completed its attacks.
Iranian media reported explosions crossed the south, with astatine slightest 3 radical wounded successful Tehran province.
‘Negotiate with bombs’
The renewed hostilities came arsenic Pentagon main Pete Hegseth said that if Mr. Trump required it, "we'll negociate with bombs".
Iran's Foreign Ministry said "the amerciable and transgression attacks perpetrated by the United States successful caller hours not lone represent a flagrant violation... but besides render the ceasefire practically meaningless".
But a Foreign Ministry spokesperson for mediator Pakistan, which hosted an archetypal circular of talks betwixt the warring parties, said it had not "lost hope" successful a negotiated resolution.
Still, said Tahir Andrabi, "It is hard to beryllium an optimist successful the caller speech of hostilities."
Turkiye and Saudi Arabia, which besides came nether Iranian onslaught during the war, called for de-escalation, with Riyadh "urging each parties to prioritise wisdom" by resuming bid talks.
China, the biggest purchaser of Iranian oil, likewise called for much negotiations connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson urging the warring parties "to instantly cease subject operations... (and) respond to the mediation efforts".
Tehran's state Russia echoed the sentiment, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying the escalation risked much "negative consequences for the concern successful the portion and the planetary economy".
Majid, a 35-year-old pharmacist successful Tehran, said helium was "deeply worried" by the attacks and their knock-on effects connected regular beingness for Iranians already facing economical hardship.
"I americium perfectly not optimistic astir the statement being finalised, due to the fact that the spread betwixt the 2 countries is excessively wide," helium said, blaming the deficiency of advancement connected Israel — which besides traded occurrence with Iran successful caller days — arsenic good arsenic hardliners astatine home.
Hormuz threats
Iran has renewed its warnings implicit the Strait of Hormuz, a captious waterway for lipid and state transport which it has fundamentally closed since aboriginal successful the war, roiling planetary vigor markets.
Iran's caller assemblage overseeing the strait connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) confirmed it "will beryllium closed until further notice".
Majid Mousavi, the caput of the Iranian Guards' aerospace force, had promised to "make the portion hell" for Tehran's enemies implicit their behaviour successful the waterway.
On Wednesday (June 10, 2026), 3 Indian sailors connected a commercialized vas were killed erstwhile the United States attacked the vessel disconnected the seashore of Oman, New Delhi said Thursday (June 11, 2026), summoning a U.S. diplomat to lodge a protest.
The Iranian navy said it had besides deed 2 ships trying to sail done the strait, authorities tv IRIB and the Mehr bureau reported.
On Thursday (June 11, 2026), CENTCOM said it had disabled different tanker, MT Jalveer, for allegedly attempting to evade a U.S. counter-blockade of Iranian ports.
The Indian embassy successful Oman said connected X that the unit of the vessel were being evacuated by the Omani navy, without specifying their nationality.
