• New hourslong strikes:The US military launched a new round of strikes on Iran, after mounting a major air assault that it said hit dozens of military targets
• Strait of Hormuz:A US military spokesperson said the new strikes come after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired at another commercial vessel in the waterway, where Washington and Tehran have been making contradictory claims about the status of marine traffic. The channel is key to Tehran’s leverage in negotiations
• Gulf nations under fire:US allies in the region said they faced Iranian fire during the weekend. Tehran claimed it targeted US military bases in the region, marking another escalation in the diplomatic breakdown between the countries
• Oil prices climb:Brent crude and US crude prices were up over 3% on Sunday following the weekend of attacks
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The US has completed its latest wave of strikes against Iran, “hitting dozens of targets at multiple locations with precision munitions,” US Central Command said on X Sunday evening
It said CENTCOM forces struck Iranian air defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats using US fighter planes, naval vessels, one-way attack aerial drones, and one-way attack sea drones for the first time
Iranian state media reported strikes in a number of central and southern provinces, killing at least one person and wounding several others
The announcement from CENTCOM comes one day after the US said it struck about 140 Iranian military sites in an overnight aerial assault
The strikes were launched to “degrade Iran’s ability to continue attacking international shipping flowing through the Strait of Hormuz,” CENTCOM said Sunday
In an apparent retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it has launched a wave of strikes toward US bases
Residents in Bahrain have been urged to take shelter for a second consecutive day as sirens ring out in the country, its interior ministry said
“Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place,” it said on X, early Monday local time
Iran has launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks toward US bases, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Telegram
The announcement comes after the US launched new hourslong strikes targeting central and southern Iran
Asecurity guard was killed and four others were wounded after a projectile hit a water pumping station in Mahshahr County, in southwestern Iran’s Khuzestan, Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan’s deputy governor, said, according to state media IRNA
Explosions were also heard in the cities of Khorramshahr and Hoveyzeh, both in Khuzestan province, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said
Earlier, Hayati said the US had struck several locations near the city of Ahvaz, semi-official news agency Mehr reported
The US has been conducting strikes on Iran since around 5 p.m. ET Sunday. A US official told CNN the strikes were still ongoing more than three hours later, around 8:30 p.m
US strikes against Iran are ongoing, more than three hours after they began, according to a US official, a relatively long time compared with recent strikes
US Central Command said earlier that forces began launching strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET Sunday “to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
Central Command said President Donald Trump “directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable.”
The US struck near a large city in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province, a provincial official told semi-official news agency Mehr
Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan’s deputy governor for security and law enforcement affairs, told Mehr that the “American enemy” targeted two locations near Ahvaz, a city known for its petroleum industry
Authorities are still assessing damage from the strikes, Mehr reported
Later, the deputy governor told Mehr that an additional US strike had occurred north of Ahvaz in Andimeshk county
Oil prices climbed Sunday after a weekend of strikes between the United States and Iran
Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose 3.92% to $78.99 a barrel, and US crude climbed 3.44% to $73.87 a barrel
But the increase is “pretty tame,” Bob McNally, founder and president of Rapidan Energy Group, told CNN. Brent crude oil prices have trended lower since reaching $115 a barrel in April
McNally said oil prices have fallen because of President Donald Trump’s reassurance that he wants the Strait of Hormuz open to avoid “a real economic and financial catastrophe.”
Iran has warned vessels against using alternative routes, such as traveling along the Omani coastline. The Omani “southern route” remains open, according to a naval advisory board
With the uptick in oil prices, gas prices may soon be on the rise. An average gallon of gas in the US costs about $3.87, according to data from AAA — a 30% increase from when the war began in late February
Gas prices had reached an average of $4.56 on Memorial Day, a busy weekend for drivers. McNally said the drop since the holiday is due to crude oil having “really unwound most of its war gains. That’s partly due to the president’s messaging and balancing on that.”
Meanwhile, Dow Jones futures and S&P futures slipped 0.2%, while Nasdaq futures dropped 0.3%
An Iranian woman rides a motorcycle past a banner depicting the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on a street in Tehran on Sunday.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemnedUS military attacks on Iran over the previous 24 hours, accusing Washington of violating international law and warning neighboring countries not to assist any military action against the country
The ministry’s remarks came before the US Central Command announced fresh strikes against Iran
“Only 25 days after the signing of the agreement to end the war, the United States has openly violated nearly all parts of that agreement. By attacking Iran’s transportation infrastructure, fishing vessels, cargo barges, and meteorological facilities and buildings, the US has committed some of the most heinous acts of war crimes,” the ministry said in a statement
It further alleged that the US military had used the territory and facilities of countries along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf to carry out attacks on Iran, and warned that anyget for what it called“defensive strikes” by Iranian armed forces
The ministry called on the United Nations and the Security Council to hold “the aggressor parties and those who aided and facilitated them accountable.”
Iranian official media reported a series of explosions late Sunday in several locations across Hormozgan province in southern Iran
Explosions were reported in Jask, Qeshm, Bandar Abbas and Sirik in the province, where officials said no civilian casualties or damage to infrastructure were reported
“Following the latest US attacks on several locations in the province, no civilian casualties or damage to residential or commercial infrastructure has been reported so far,” Hormozgan Governorate Public Relations Office said, according to the state broadcaster IRIB
“According to initial reports, tonight’s attack targeted the telecommunications tower” in Sirik county, IRIB said in a separate report, adding that it was “the same location that was also hit during previous attacks.”
These reports come as the US said it has launched more strikes against Iran
The US has launched more strikes against Iran, according to the Pentagon
“At 5 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command wrote in a post on X
Central Command said President Donald Trump “directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable.”
Within the past hour, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps once again fired at commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz a CENTCOM spokesperson. US aircraft have successfully shot down an Iranian cruise missile and a one-way attack drone so far, he said
A projectile is fired during what the US Central Command said was a third round of strikes this week against Iran, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 11, 2026.
The US unleashed a major round of strikes on Iran overnight Saturday into Sunday, and Iranian state media has reported further attacks over the past few hours
The US said it struck about 140 Iranian military sites in the overnight aerial assault. After those strikes, Gulf allies of the US reported droves of Iranian fire, including in Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar
Here’s what you need to know:
- The latest reported attacks:Iranian state media said military facilities on Qeshm Island and in the cities of Bandar Abbas and Hajiabad came under attack Sunday afternoon and evening local time. The reports did not identify who launched the attacks, referring only to “enemy” strikes. CNN has asked the US military for comment.
- Taking stock in the Gulf:More details are emerging from the Gulf nations where Tehran said it had targeted US military installations. US Central Command said no American service members were hurt. Kuwait said drone attacks damaged border posts and an offshore oil drilling rig. Qatar reported at least three injuries, including a child, from drone interceptions. Jordan said missiles had landed in the country but that no casualties were reported and damage was limited, while the UAE detected threats but said no missiles reached the country.
- Strait of Hormuz:Washington and Tehran are once again making contradictory claims about the status of the key waterway, with President Donald Trump insisting in an interview with CNN that the strait remains open, while Iran claims to have clamped down on marine traffic. Tracking data shows traffic was reduced to a trickle Sundayday as a familiar stalemate plays out.
- Call for de-escalation:Key mediator Pakistan expressed concern Sunday over the recent escalations, urging “all sides to exercise restraint” and uphold the commitments made as part of the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran last month.
CNN’s Aida Karimi, Billy Stockwell, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Tim Lister, Julia Benbrook and Sophia Saifi contributed to this report
Multiple locations in Hormozgan province in southern Iran, including Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas and Hajiabad, have come under attack on Sunday, Iranian official media said
The reports did not identify who launched the attacks, referring only to an “enemy” attack. CNN has approached US Central Command for comment. The reported attacks come amid ongoing hostilities between Iran and the US
Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), citing the governor of Qeshm, said 10 to 11 “enemy projectiles” had struck Qeshm Island from Sunday afternoon onward. Hossein Amir Teymouri said all of the sites hit were military targets and that there were no casualties on the island
IRNA later reported more sites belonging to Iran’s military facilities in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Hajiabad had come under attack
In a separate update, IRNA said a maintenance technician working for Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran was killed while on duty on Farur Island in Bandar Lengeh county in Hormozgan province , and two of his colleagues were injured
Hormozgan is located in the far south of Iran, along the strategic coastlines of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday that three land border posts in the north of the country were damaged in what it described as a “hostile, criminal attack,” while an offshore drilling rig belonging to the Kuwait Oil Company was also struck by a hostile drone
According to a statement issued by the ministry’s official spokesperson, Staff Colonel Saud Abdulaziz Al-Atwan, the attacks caused material damage. One worker was injured in the drone strike on the offshore drilling rig, located in Kuwaiti territorial waters, and is receiving the necessary medical care
The General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army said the armed forces remain on full readiness and are taking “all necessary measures and precautions to maintain the security of the country and the safety of its territories.”
The incidents came after Iran said it had launched attacks on several US military sites across the Gulf early Sunday following the latest round of US strikes
Earlier Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Kuwait was among several Gulf countries it attacked as it launched loitering drones targeting US military assets, including a Patriot air defense system
CNN has been unable to independently verify Iran’s claims of attacks on US military sites and has reached out to US Central Command for comment
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar attends a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on May 26.
Pakistan expressed concern today over the recent escalation of tensions in the Middle East after the United States and Iran traded another round of tit-for-tat strikes amid a breakdown in diplomacy
The country — which has played a key role in mediating peace talks between Washington and Tehran in recent months — is “following with deep concern the recent incidents that are further escalating the regional tensions,” Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement
Pakistan urged “all sides to exercise restraint, take immediate steps towards de-escalation,” and uphold the commitments made as part of the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran last month, the ministry said
The US and Iran are at odds over whether the Strait of Hormuz is open today, with the militaries of both countries issuing conflicting statements on whether vessels can safely traverse the crucial waterway
Catch up on the latest developments:
- Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in the early hours of this morning that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz, a claim backed by the Iranian authority tasked with overseeing a new protocol for transits through the waterway. However, US Central Command, US President Donald Trump and the Joint Maritime Information Center, which is overseen by the US Navy, have insisted that the waterway is open. Nonetheless, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has reduced to a trickle today, tracking data shows.
- Boat targeted:The IRGC said early this morning that it had fired a warning shot at a vessel trying to use an unauthorized route to cross the Strait of Hormuz. A container vessel was reported damaged near the waterway and its crew was rescued after being forced to abandon ship, the UK Maritime Trade Operations said. One Indian national is missing after a commercial vessel was attacked near the strait, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said.
- Strikes continue: After the US military carried out fresh rounds of strikes on Iran, Tehran targeted several US military sites across the Gulf early this morning, Iranian state media reported. Qatar and Kuwait both reported intercepting aerial attacks, while sirens sounded in Bahrain. State media in Oman and Jordan also reported drone and missile attacks.Two adults and a child were injured by falling debris in Qatar, its Interior Ministry said.
- Attempts at diplomacy:Oman has drafted a proposal to manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz through two separately controlled routes, a source with knowledge of the talks told CNN. Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart, in which “both leaders exchanged views on the evolving regional situation,” according to a readout from Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry.
CNN’s Dalia Abdelwahab, Billy Stockwell, Aida Karimi, Julia Benbrook, Tim Lister, Laura Sharman, Xiaoqian Lin, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ross Adkin, Ibrahim Dahman and Sophia Saifi contributed to this reporting
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz on Sunday cast doubt on a supposed earlier Iranian claim, relayed by a US official, that it had “screwed up” in targeting vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz
“Are we supposed to believe that some junior officers are going rogue and firing on ships, but yet face no consequences from a dictatorial hierarchy-based entity like the IRGC? I don’t buy it,” Waltz said on ABC
A US official on Friday claimed Iran admitted in communications with the US that strikes on merchant ships earlier in the week had been a mistake. But on Saturday, Iran “blatantly attacked” another ship in the Strait of Hormuz
“What Iran is doing is in violation of international law,” Waltz said. “Regardless of whether you’re party to some conflict, you cannot start shooting in all directions, attacking your neighbors, attacking civilian shipping, civilian infrastructure, throwing mines and international waterways, and acting like the irresponsible genocidal regime that many have always accused (Iran) of being.”
Despite saying Iran’s leadership is “incredibly difficult to deal with,” Waltz said technical talks between the two sides continue
US President Donald Trump views North Portico renovations as he returns to the White House, on July 11
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States hit Iran “very hard last night.”
“These people, there’s something wrong with them,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper during a morning interview on the State of the Union show
“We had a deal with them yesterday,” he said. “They were giving up everything, and then all of the sudden, two hours after that, they hit a ship with a drone.”
The US military said it hit 140 Iranian military targets in its latest strikes, following an attack on a merchant ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz it blamed on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It marks the third round of US strikes in a week and comes after both countries’ leaders issued public threats
There are conflicting messages when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s authority tasked with overseeing a new protocol for transits through the waterway said today that the passage of vessels is “not possible,” but Trump told CNN “it’s open as far as we’re concerned.”
Mixed messages surrounding the Strait of Hormuz persist, as Tehran and Washington issue conflicting statements about the passage of ships through the critical waterway
Iran’s authority tasked with overseeing a new protocol for transits through the waterway said today that the passage of vessels is “not possible,” shortly after US Central Command insisted the strait was open
The Iranian authority said as soon as “stability and calm are restored, all applications will be reviewed according to the established schedule and the necessary permits will be issued.”
US Central Command has said that the Strait of Hormuz is “open to all vessels,” despite Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announcing earlier today that it had closed the waterway
“The Strait of Hormuz is open to all vessels seeking to lawfully transit the international waterway,” CENTCOM wrote in a post on X, adding: “US forces are positioned and prepared to ensure that freedom of navigation remains available despite unwarranted Iranian aggression, harassment, threats, and arbitrary declarations.”
Earlier today, the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC), which is overseen by the US Navy, said that the Omani “southern route” through the Strait of Hormuz remains available for two-way traffic. It also warned, however, that the security threat level in the waterway remains “severe.”
Traffic through the strait has once again dropped following Iran’s announcement, data from maritime tracking agency MarineTraffic showed this morning
The US Embassy in Oman issued a “shelter in place” warning today for the Omani governorate of Musandam, which sits on the northeast tip of the Arabian Peninsula next to the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a port city on the Arabian Sea
Iran targeted the Omani governorates of Musandam and Al Wusta – where the city of Duqm is located – in overnight drone attacks, according to Oman’s foreign ministry
As a result, Muscat summoned Iran’s ambassador to the country to deliver a “formal note of protest,” the ministry said
During the meeting, Sheikh Khalid bin Hashel Al Muslahi, Oman’s Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Administrative and Financial Affairs, expressed Muscat’s dissatisfaction with what he described as Iran’s “irresponsible acts,” the ministry added
