WAR Iran/ US/mideast war thread - 2/28/26 Open Hostilities (Thread for Off Topic discussion started, see post #13,751, page 344)
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US conducts strikes on Iran in retaliation for attack on tanker.
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USCENTCOM:
U.S. Forces Conduct Additional Strikes After Iran’s Latest Commercial Ship Attack
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted additional strikes against multiple targets in Iran, June 27, at the Commander in Chief’s direction.
After yesterday’s U.S. strikes in response to the Iranian attack on M/V Ever Lovely, Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit M/T Kiku this morning at 4:30 a.m. ET. The Panama-flagged tanker was transiting near the Strait of Hormuz with more than two-million barrels of crude oil.
CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping. U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.
Commercial vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz continue. U.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2070987021930102919
U.S. Forces Conduct Additional Strikes After Iran’s Latest Commercial Ship Attack
TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted additional strikes against multiple targets in Iran, June 27, at the Commander in Chief’s direction.
After yesterday’s U.S. strikes in response to the Iranian attack on M/V Ever Lovely, Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit M/T Kiku this morning at 4:30 a.m. ET. The Panama-flagged tanker was transiting near the Strait of Hormuz with more than two-million barrels of crude oil.
CENTCOM forces launched strikes today in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping. U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.
Commercial vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz continue. U.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2070987021930102919
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Jennifer Griffin:
I asked a senior defense official why the US has had to go back and restrike these sites that have been hit multiple times since February 28 when the war began. I was told Iran has reconstituted its air defense and missile systems along the Strait of Hormuz since the US bombing campaign ended on April 7.
That, the source said, is why the US military is now having to restrike areas like Qeshm Island and Sirik which they had struck in the past.
“In the time since the cease fire on 7 April, Iran has reconstituted — thus the targets around the Strait of Hormuz,” a senior US defense official tells me. “There is a LOT that is damaged… a LOT… but they moved things around.”
It’s been 10 weeks since the April ceasefire was announced.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2070993920327332069
I asked a senior defense official why the US has had to go back and restrike these sites that have been hit multiple times since February 28 when the war began. I was told Iran has reconstituted its air defense and missile systems along the Strait of Hormuz since the US bombing campaign ended on April 7.
That, the source said, is why the US military is now having to restrike areas like Qeshm Island and Sirik which they had struck in the past.
“In the time since the cease fire on 7 April, Iran has reconstituted — thus the targets around the Strait of Hormuz,” a senior US defense official tells me. “There is a LOT that is damaged… a LOT… but they moved things around.”
It’s been 10 weeks since the April ceasefire was announced.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2070993920327332069
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Jennifer Griffin:
This second round of strikes followed a second ship being hit by IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz at 4:30 am this morning and 9 one way attack drones being fired by Iran at a US base in Bahrain last night: US official said while confirming tonight’s round of airstrikes is complete.
US defense official tells me the US strikes on Iranian targets tonight “is complete.”
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2070992350088696220
This second round of strikes followed a second ship being hit by IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz at 4:30 am this morning and 9 one way attack drones being fired by Iran at a US base in Bahrain last night: US official said while confirming tonight’s round of airstrikes is complete.
US defense official tells me the US strikes on Iranian targets tonight “is complete.”
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2070992350088696220
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Az Intel @AZ_Intel U.S. conducted airstrikes in Iran in response to a drone attack on the commercial tanker M/T Kiku near the Strait of Hormuz.
The strikes targeted military infrastructure, including surveillance, communication, and drone facilities, CENTCOM says.
The strikes targeted military infrastructure, including surveillance, communication, and drone facilities, CENTCOM says.
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United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN! It is very possible that they will never learn! There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to...
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United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!
It is very possible that they will never learn!
There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started.
If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!
President DJT
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IL red alert @IL red alert BREAKING: Sirens are sounding in Bahrain
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Steve Lookner@LooknerVahid Online: unconfirmed reports of missiles launched towards the Strait of Hormuz from Bandar Abbas, Iran, and also explosions heard in Bandar Abbas
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AZ Intel @AZ_Intel Explosions heard in Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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Faytuk network@faytukSenior Iraqi political officials have been arrested due to a judicial order related to corruption - Shafaq
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Open Source Intel @Osint613. Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Bases in the Gulf
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Open Source Intel @Osint613. Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi met with Iraq's president in Baghdad. - Fars News
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According to the Wall Street Journal, the next round of U.S.-Iran talks, set to take place this upcoming weekend, have been postponed to a yet unspecified date, following the newest spate of reciprocal strikes between the two belligerents.
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A senior Trump administration official told news outlets today that the U.S.-Iran talks, set for this weekend in Switzerland, are still on. The statement contradicts reports from the Wall Street Journal that the talks have been postponed due to the new spate of reciprocal U.S.-Iran strikes in the Gulf region.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, the next round of U.S.-Iran talks, set to take place this upcoming weekend, have been postponed to a yet unspecified date, following the newest spate of reciprocal strikes between the two belligerents.
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A senior Trump administration official told news outlets today that the U.S.-Iran talks, set for this weekend in Switzerland, are still on. The statement contradicts reports from the Wall Street Journal that the talks have been postponed due to the new spate of reciprocal U.S.-Iran strikes in the Gulf region.
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Reports indicate numerous aircraft with their transponders turned off are flying over Karaj and western Tehran tonight. According to the cameraperson, most appear to be cruising at altitude.
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Reports indicate numerous aircraft with their transponders turned off are flying over Karaj and western Tehran tonight. According to the cameraperson, most appear to be cruising at altitude.
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View: https://twitter.com/MOSSADil/status/2071305128112791888?s=20
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Iran said it launched missile and drone strikes on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, escalating tensions days after both sides agreed to an interim deal to end their conflict https://reut.rs/4eKZFg2
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QATARI CITIZEN KILLED AFTER IRAN DRONE ATTACK
Qatar says one of its citizens was killed and another injured after a vessel was struck by shrapnel during “military operations in the area.” Officials have not confirmed whether the shrapnel came from the Iranian drone attacks targeting U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.
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Iran said it launched missile and drone strikes on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, escalating tensions days after both sides agreed to an interim deal to end their conflict https://reut.rs/4eKZFg2
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View: https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/2071287512065347620?s=20
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QATARI CITIZEN KILLED AFTER IRAN DRONE ATTACK
Qatar says one of its citizens was killed and another injured after a vessel was struck by shrapnel during “military operations in the area.” Officials have not confirmed whether the shrapnel came from the Iranian drone attacks targeting U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.
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The Trump administration made truly enormous concessions to the IRGC and it still escalated by attacking ships in Hormuz.
This is entirely unsurprising to anyone who knows anything about the IRGC and the role of ideology in international politics.
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The Trump administration made truly enormous concessions to the IRGC and it still escalated by attacking ships in Hormuz.
This is entirely unsurprising to anyone who knows anything about the IRGC and the role of ideology in international politics.
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Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said the funeral ceremony for former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, due to be held in the coming days, may be “the most important event of the 21st century.”
Aref said preparations for the ceremony were well advanced and that special measures had been taken to prevent crowding and congestion.
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U.S. Central Command said it struck Iranian targets today in response to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attack on a cargo vessel exiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. This marks the first U.S. kinetic response against Iran since Washington and Tehran signed a Memorandum of Understanding about a peace deal last Friday.
CENTCOM said the strikes were “a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.” The command added that “U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone. The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack.”
That incident “clearly violated the ceasefire,” the command proclaimed. “Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor.”
As we noted yesterday, the attack on the Ever Lovely prompted the U.N. International Maritime Organization (IMO) to pause its plan to evacuate hundreds of ships stuck in the Persian Gulf which has been largely closed since Iran was attacked by the U.S. and Israel.
Earlier on Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters “We’ll find out,” when asked if Iran faced any consequences for the ship attack.
Asked if he considered the ceasefire to still be in place, the president said: “I don’t like the fact that they took a shot yesterday. Actually, four, we knocked down three at a ship, not an allied ship, but a ship, a very expensive ship, and it was fine, but it took a little beating. They shouldn’t be doing that. You’ll find out.”
There was no immediate military response from Iran, a U.S. official told us. However, as we have reported in the past, these kinds of attacks have resulted in tit-for-tat kinetic actions between the two nations. We also do not know the level of command and control the Iranian government has over hardline IRGC elements and if these kinds of attacks are occurring independent of the government leadership’s wishes.
In its post on X, CENTCOM said its forces CENTCOM forces “continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait. The U.S. military remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.”
The U.S. and Iran continue to negotiate over a future peace deal, but many sticking points remain, including how the country’s nuclear material will be dealt with and future nuclear operations monitored.
This is a developing story.
UPDATE: 5:56 PM EDT –
After the U.S. airstrikes, Iran reiterated that it will continue to hold at risk shipping in the Strait that does not follow its rules for transit.
“Iran has repeatedly stated that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to what it was before the U.S. attack on Iran,” the official Iranian IRIB media outlet stated on X. “Any transit through the Strait must follow the routes announced by Iran; otherwise, the security of vessels cannot be guaranteed.”
UPDATE: 8:05 PM EDT-
The IRGC Navy claims it “struck American military targets in the region in retaliation for earlier aggression against Iranian coastal areas,” the official Iranian Press TV media outlet reported.
“The force made the remarks in a statement issued on Friday, saying its reprisal ‘targeted the deployment sites of the US terrorist military in the region,’” the outlet added.
However, there was no visual proof provided of any attack.
CENTCOM declined comment.
Contact the author: howard@twz.com
U.S. Carries Out First Strike On Iran Since Peace Memorandum Signed (Updated)
U.S. Carries Out First Strike On Iran Since Peace Memorandum Signed (Updated)
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U.S. Central Command said it struck Iranian targets today in response to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attack on a cargo vessel exiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. This marks the first U.S. kinetic response against Iran since Washington and Tehran signed a Memorandum of Understanding about a peace deal last Friday.
CENTCOM said the strikes were “a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.” The command added that “U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone. The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack.”
That incident “clearly violated the ceasefire,” the command proclaimed. “Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor.”
As we noted yesterday, the attack on the Ever Lovely prompted the U.N. International Maritime Organization (IMO) to pause its plan to evacuate hundreds of ships stuck in the Persian Gulf which has been largely closed since Iran was attacked by the U.S. and Israel.
Earlier on Friday, President Donald Trump told reporters “We’ll find out,” when asked if Iran faced any consequences for the ship attack.
Asked if he considered the ceasefire to still be in place, the president said: “I don’t like the fact that they took a shot yesterday. Actually, four, we knocked down three at a ship, not an allied ship, but a ship, a very expensive ship, and it was fine, but it took a little beating. They shouldn’t be doing that. You’ll find out.”
There was no immediate military response from Iran, a U.S. official told us. However, as we have reported in the past, these kinds of attacks have resulted in tit-for-tat kinetic actions between the two nations. We also do not know the level of command and control the Iranian government has over hardline IRGC elements and if these kinds of attacks are occurring independent of the government leadership’s wishes.
In its post on X, CENTCOM said its forces CENTCOM forces “continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait. The U.S. military remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.”
The U.S. and Iran continue to negotiate over a future peace deal, but many sticking points remain, including how the country’s nuclear material will be dealt with and future nuclear operations monitored.
This is a developing story.
UPDATE: 5:56 PM EDT –
After the U.S. airstrikes, Iran reiterated that it will continue to hold at risk shipping in the Strait that does not follow its rules for transit.
“Iran has repeatedly stated that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will not return to what it was before the U.S. attack on Iran,” the official Iranian IRIB media outlet stated on X. “Any transit through the Strait must follow the routes announced by Iran; otherwise, the security of vessels cannot be guaranteed.”
UPDATE: 8:05 PM EDT-
The IRGC Navy claims it “struck American military targets in the region in retaliation for earlier aggression against Iranian coastal areas,” the official Iranian Press TV media outlet reported.
“The force made the remarks in a statement issued on Friday, saying its reprisal ‘targeted the deployment sites of the US terrorist military in the region,’” the outlet added.
However, there was no visual proof provided of any attack.
CENTCOM declined comment.
Contact the author: howard@twz.com
U.S. Carries Out First Strike On Iran Since Peace Memorandum Signed (Updated)