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The U.S. subject said aboriginal connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) that that it had "completed" its latest circular of airstrikes targeting Iran, aft President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would "pay the price" for stalled negotiations. The escalating attacks threatened to derail efforts to extremity the war.
The U.S. Central Command issued a connection saying its forces targeted "Iranian subject surveillance capabilities, connection systems and aerial defence sites crossed Iran". It did not elaborate connected the harm done by the strikes, which it said had been carried retired by the U.S. Air Force, Marines and Navy.
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"The strikes are successful effect to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression," Central Command said. "U.S. forces stay vigilant, lethal and ready."
Iran has threatened to retaliate, and rocket sirens sounded aboriginal connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) greeting successful Bahrain, which hosts U.S. troops.
Earlier, the U.S. Central Command said successful a societal media station that the subject was striking "multiple targets successful Iran", successful attacks that were successful effect to "Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression". Iran threatened to retaliate.
The strikes took spot aft a time of Iranian occurrence successful Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan — each of which big U.S. troops.
Iranian media reported that explosions were heard successful confederate Iran, successful Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Minab.
It was the 3rd clip this week that back-and-forth strikes person tested a two-month ceasefire.
Mr. Trump has urged Iran to motion a woody to extremity the warfare and suggested earlier this week that an statement could beryllium reached successful days.
Iran's United Nations envoy said the U.S. should refrain from threats of unit if it wants a deal.
"Iran has ne'er negotiated nether threats and unit and volition ne'er taxable to unit oregon question," Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani told the UN Security Council connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026).
Still, some countries look to beryllium looking for a mode to extremity the struggle — if they tin negociate to merchantability it arsenic a triumph astatine home.
Iran has proved resilient contempt weeks of dense bombing. It is betting that its quality to efficaciously adjacent the Strait of Hormuz — a important passageway for lipid and earthy state — gives it a beardown bargaining chip.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears intent connected pursuing goals that marque compromise harder: the illness of Iran's theocratic government, the elimination of its atomic programme, and the demolition of the Iranian-allied Hezbollah militant radical successful Lebanon. On Monday, Iran and Israel targeted each other.
Trump says U.S. is sneaking lipid past Strait of Hormuz
Since the U.S. and Israel started the warfare with February 28 attacks connected Iran, the struggle has shaken the planetary economy, driven up vigor prices worldwide, and made nutrient and different basics much expensive.
The planetary benchmark for crude lipid traded supra $93 a tube connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) , up much than 25% since the commencement of the war.
Mr. Trump said connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) the U.S. subject has since past period undertaken a "secret mission" to sneak lipid shipments past Iran's forces successful the Strait of Hormuz. He said ships were slipping done astatine night, aided by the demolition of Iranian radar equipment.
Mr. Trump said arsenic a effect much than 100 cardinal barrels of lipid person evaded Iran's chokehold connected the strait. There was nary contiguous confirmation of that figure, which astir equals 5 days of lipid shipments done the waterway earlier the warfare began.
The military's relation was not instantly clear. Capt Tim Hawkins, a Central Command spokesman, said US forces "communicate and coordinate" with commercialized ships successful the area, but gave nary details connected subject enactment being offered.
U.S., Iranian strikes shingle West Asia
The U.S. subject said connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) an American craft fired "precision munitions" into the motor country of the Palau-flagged vas M/T Settebello arsenic it attempted to breach the naval blockade with a shipment of Iranian oil. It was the eighth merchant vas disabled by US forces successful waters disconnected Iran.
India's overseas ministry said 3 Indian sailors were missing aft the Settebello was struck, portion 21 others were rescued. Its connection did not notation the US subject oregon the blockade.
Hawkins of U.S. Central Command said American forces warned the unit earlier firing connected the ship.
The U.S. subject said strikes earlier connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) targeted "air defense, crushed power stations, and surveillance radar sites."
Iran said U.S. strikes deed 2 h2o reservoirs successful the confederate metropolis of Sirik, temporarily cutting disconnected h2o to thousands of people. U.S. Central Command had nary contiguous comment.
Tehran aboriginal claimed attacks successful Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
Jordan said it changeable down 5 incoming missiles, which Iran said targeted an aerial basal hosting American subject aircraft.
Bahrain and Kuwait said they intercepted incoming fire.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the American attacks arsenic a usurpation of Iranian sovereignty. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said successful televised comments that, pursuing the caller attacks, Iran would reappraisal its stance connected negotiations to extremity the war.
Efforts to mediate a woody continued. Following consultations with the US, a delegation from Qatar arrived successful Tehran for talks connected Wednesday, according to an authoritative with cognition of the sojourn who requested anonymity owed to the sensitivity of the talks.
The exchanges of occurrence came a time aft a US Army onslaught chopper crashed adjacent the Strait of Hormuz. The chopper collided with an Iranian drone, according to a US authoritative speaking connected information of anonymity to sermon an ongoing investigation. It wasn't wide whether the collision was intentional.
A drone vessel rescued the helicopter's 2 crew. Trump said they were uninjured.
Big disagreements basal successful mode of speedy bid deal
Wary of precocious state prices successful the run-up to legislature elections successful November, Trump seems to beryllium looking for a speedy win. But helium is besides making demands that volition beryllium pugnacious for Iran to swallow.
The US wants to spot Iran springiness up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. While Iran insists its atomic programme is peaceful, that uranium is simply a abbreviated method measurement from weapons-grade levels.
Iran is refusing to springiness up the uranium and demanding alleviation from sanctions. It besides wants the merchandise of frozen assets adjacent earlier a last statement is successful place, thing Trump rejected.
It's not wide however those differences tin beryllium bridged. In a Truth Social station Wednesday, Trump said Iran was taking "too agelong to negociate a deal" and "now they volition person to wage the price!!!" Iran has insisted that immoderate woody to extremity the warfare indispensable besides extremity warring betwixt its state Hezbollah and Israel. Israel has alternatively intensified its subject run against the Lebanon-based militant group.
