U.S. conducts another round of retaliatory strikes on Iran, Pentagon says

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, erstwhile commandant of U.S. Central Command, said connected "Face the Nation" that U.S. subject forces "certainly person the capableness to power the Strait of Hormuz if the president chooses to travel that people of action."

McKenzie spoke astir the Strait of Hormuz soon aft Iran declared the captious waterway closed and struck a commercialized ship, starring to different speech of occurrence betwixt the U.S. and Iran.

The retired wide said taking power of the strait would impact the U.S. putting ships successful the constrictive waterway. "The U.S. Navy doesn't emotion to bash that, but they're precise bully astatine it," helium said.

McKenzie argued that arsenic President Trump seeks a diplomatic solution with Iran, the country's enactment typically responds to "military unit and utmost pressure."

"If you privation to summation concessions from Iran, you person to straight unit the regime, and you person to bash truthful successful a mode that possibly is existential to them," helium said.

Shortly aft U.S. Central Command said that Iran "does not power the Strait of Hormuz" and that the waterway was open, Iran said connected X that transition done it is "currently not possible." 

The connection came through the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, a authorities bureau established by Tehran successful May, which requires vessels taxable requests to walk done the strait. 

"As soon arsenic stableness and calm are restored, each requests volition beryllium reviewed based connected the schedule, and the indispensable permits volition beryllium issued," the PGSA said. 

U.S. Central Command said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz is "open to each vessels" seeking to walk done the waterway, adjacent arsenic attacks connected commercialized vessels person led to rising tensions betwixt the U.S. and Iran. 

Iran and Oman person been holding talks astir the aboriginal of the strait and however it volition beryllium managed successful the future. 

CENTCOM said that United States forces are "positioned and prepared to guarantee that state of navigation remains disposable contempt unwarranted Iranian aggression, harassment, threats, and arbitrary declarations." 

"Iran does not power the strait," CENTCOM said. "Traffic is flowing." 

A U.S. authoritative disputed earlier claims by Iranian officials that U.S. subject bases successful Jordan had been hit.

In a connection to CBS News, a U.S. officials said determination were nary injuries to American forces and that the "the overwhelming bulk of Iranian missiles and drones launched were intercepted oregon changeable down."

The authoritative besides added determination were nary reports of large harm to U.S. locations.

Earlier, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps had said its attacks had demolished "the base's bid and power halfway and the MQ9 drone hangars" connected the Prince Hassan Air Base successful Jordan.

Overnight US strikes connected Iran killed 1 soldier, Iranian media reported Sunday.

"Lieutenant Hamidreza Dehghani, of the navy of the Islamic republic's equipped forces, was martyred during the criminal, violent onslaught past nighttime by the United States connected the larboard of Jask" successful confederate Iran, the Mehr and Tasnim semi-official news agencies said, citing a section official.

Iran's parliament talker and pb negotiator said connected Sunday the state would not judge "one-sided" deals.

"The epoch of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: support your connection oregon wage the price. Reality is knocking," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said successful a societal media post.

The Iranian authoritative besides posted a screenshot of the memorandum of understanding, highlighting a conception which work "the Islamic Republic of Iran volition marque arrangements" regarding the Strait of Hormuz.

An advisor to Iran's ultimate person said connected Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz was much important than "dozens of atomic bombs", vowing to support the captious waterway.

"This strategical transition is much important than dozens of atomic bombs, and the Islamic Republic of Iran volition support it," Mohsen Rezaee was quoted by Iran's semi-official ISNA quality bureau arsenic saying. Western countries impeach Iran of seeking to make an atomic bomb, but Tehran has insisted its atomic programme is for peaceful, civilian purposes.

Qatar connected Sunday condemned Iranian attacks against its territory and its neighbours, aft the Islamic republic launched salvos against Arab countries.

"Qatar condemns successful the strongest imaginable presumption the renewed attacks carried retired by the Islamic Republic of Iran," the overseas ministry said successful a statement, besides referring to the targeting of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait and calling the barrages a "dangerous escalation".

Iran said it held talks with Oman connected Sunday arsenic portion of ongoing discussions astir the aboriginal of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the talks were held "with the purpose of coordinating betwixt the 2 littoral states connected arrangements for the medication of postulation and navigation done the Strait of Hormuz."

As portion of the memorandum of knowing signed successful June, the 2 countries volition negociate to specify however the captious waterway volition beryllium managed successful the future. But those negotiations person travel nether unit precocious arsenic attacks connected commercialized vessels successful the waterway person spark retaliating strikes betwixt the U.S. and Iran.

Three people, including 1 kid were injured arsenic a effect of falling debris from rocket interceptions successful Qatar, the country's Ministry of Interior said Sunday morning.

Qatari authorities had announced earlier successful the time the country's forces had intercepted rocket attacks aft Iran claimed it was targeting U.S. bases successful the region.

India said connected Sunday that 11 of its nationals were connected a vas that was struck successful waters eastbound of Oman, arsenic Iran and United States traded caller fire.

"Of the 11 Indian nationals connected board, 10 person been rescued truthful far, portion 1 Indian nationalist is reportedly missing," New Delhi's overseas ministry said successful a statement.

The unit connected committee a instrumentality vessel adjacent the Strait of Hormuz has been rescued, the British subject said, aft the vas sustained harm which caused a occurrence precocious Saturday.

Early connected Sunday the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) halfway reported the unit which was connected committee the vessel abandoned the vas and embarked connected a lifeboat earlier being rescued. 

The vessel sustained harm adjacent the seashore of Oman, the UKMTO reported, connected a way which Iran has antecedently warned against using.

CBS News could not independently verify if this incidental is related to Iran's claims that it had struck 2 vessels successful the Strait of Hormuz overnight.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it struck a bid and power halfway and drone hangars astatine U.S. subject basal successful Jordan, authorities media reported.

Iran's state-run IRNA quality bureau reported aboriginal Sunday the IRGC "struck cardinal subject infrastructure and facilities astatine Jordan's Prince Hassan Air Base, demolishing the base's bid and power halfway and the MQ9 drone hangars with respective ballistic missiles."

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced they had deed a 2nd vas successful the Strait of Hormuz connected Sunday, authorities media reported, aft claiming they had closed the cardinal waterway and trading strikes with the United States.

"A 2nd vas accused of violating regulations successful the Strait of Hormuz has been struck," the Guards said successful a connection carried by authorities tv IRIB, adding they had besides attacked a US basal successful Qatar.

The U.S. subject has concluded its latest circular of strikes connected Iran, U.S. Central Command announced precocious Saturday night. It marked the 3rd circular of strikes this week targeting Tehran's regime.

According to CENTCOM, 140 targets were struck Saturday, including rocket and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition retention facilities, connection networks and coastal surveillance locations.

CENTCOM utilized naval vessels, combatant aircraft, drones and naval vessels to behaviour the operation, it said.

In total, implicit the 3 sets of strikes, much than 300 sites were targeted, CENTCOM said.

The United Arab Emirates' defence ministry reported aboriginal Sunday greeting section clip that it was responding to rocket and drone attacks from Iran.

The defence ministry wrote connected X "that the sounds heard successful scattered areas of the state are the effect of the UAE aerial defence systems intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones."

Bahrain's interior ministry said connected societal media that aerial raid sirens had sounded, and residents were urged to "head to the nearest harmless location."

This comes aft the U.S. announced that it had launched retaliatory strikes connected Iran for an Iranian onslaught connected a commercialized vas successful the Strait of Hormuz.

Since the warfare broke retired successful February, Iran has been accordant successful responding to U.S. strikes by instantly launching counterattacks connected the U.S.'s Gulf allies.

Just minutes aft it was announced the U.S. began a caller circular of strikes connected Iran Saturday night, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote connected X, "Iran made a mediocre choice. Now they pay."

Hegseth's remark was successful notation to a connection from the U.S. military's Central Command that the caller strikes, the 3rd circular this week, were successful retaliation for an Iranian onslaught connected a instrumentality vas earlier successful the day. 

U.S. forces launched their 3rd circular of strikes this week connected Iran, this clip successful retaliation for an onslaught connected a commercialized vessel successful the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said.

U.S. Central Command reported that the strikes, launched astatine 7:15 p.m. Eastern Time, were successful effect for an onslaught by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps connected the M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged instrumentality vessel successful the strait.

CENTCOM said Iran's onslaught sparked a occurrence aboard the GFS Galaxy. A civilian unit subordinate of the vessel was missing, and the vas has been disabled. The vessel sustained important motor country harm arsenic well.

"Iran was provided yet different accidental to show adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding aft being held accountable for earlier attacks connected commercialized vessels but has again failed," CENTCOM said successful its statement.

Sepah News, the authoritative media bureau for Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, stated successful a Telegram station that Iran launched informing shots astatine a "violating ship" successful the Strait of Hormuz Saturday.

According to Sepah, Tehran's authorities has said it volition present adjacent the strait "until further notice."

If the U.S. retaliates for this strike, Iran "will respond severely and caller force bases successful the portion volition beryllium targeted," Sepah said successful its statement. 

CBS News has reached retired to the White House for comment.

The talks connected Saturday betwixt Iran and Oman person wrapped, but a readout from Iran shows small was decided arsenic the 2 sides conscionable implicit however to negociate the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi met successful Muscat, the superior of Oman, successful the aftermath of Iran targeting commercialized ships successful the strait earlier this week. Those strikes garnered important retribution from the U.S. and President Trump calling the memorandum of knowing dead.

Map of the Strait of Hormuz showing the shipping corridor coordinated by Oman, the Iran-designated corridor, and the determination of Iranian attacks connected boats connected July 6 and 7. Graphic by AFP via Getty Images

Both sides connected Saturday expressed a tendency to instrumentality to the conditions of that memorandum of understanding, but determination appeared to beryllium nary clarity connected U.S. and Iranian disagreements implicit the wording of Article 5 of the MOU.

"Araqchi and Al-Busaid besides exchanged views connected due mechanisms for the harmless transition of ships done the Strait of Hormuz, successful accordance with Article 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding," the readout said.

The U.S. and Iran person work that nonfiction differently, though. The wording of Article 5 states, "the Islamic Republic of Iran volition marque arrangements utilizing its champion efforts for the harmless transition of commercialized vessels, with nary complaint for 60 days only, from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman, and vice versa." 

Iran believes the wording of the nonfiction means ships should lone travel its way hugging the Iranian coast, but the U.S. has offered a abstracted way done the strait on the Omani coast. That discrepancy has caused Iran to people ships connected the confederate way with missiles and drones. 

Iran has besides said it believes it should beryllium capable to complaint a interest for transit of the strait aft 60 days, which the U.S. has said it volition not allow. 

Even arsenic discussions betwixt a U.S. delegation and Lebanon continue implicit Israel moving retired of alleged "pilot zones" successful confederate Lebanon, the Israeli subject killed respective alleged Hezbollah members successful a onslaught Saturday.

Israel said it observed "several Hezbollah terrorists transferring anti-tank missiles wrong the Security Zone successful confederate Lebanon" from a conveyance to a building. The Israel Defense Forces past said it saw further Hezbollah members transferring much weapons into the building.

A onslaught connected the determination was conducted by air, the Israeli service said. It did not clarify however galore radical were killed.

As part of the trilateral deal signed astatine the U.S. State Department betwixt Israel and Lebanon successful precocious June, the Lebanese service would capable a information relation successful the "pilot zones" wherever the Israeli service withdraws. However, Israel has said it volition lone bash truthful erstwhile it is definite Hezbollah forces person been eliminated from the areas. 

A U.S. subject delegation has met with Lebanon's service successful Beirut to sermon the implementation of Israel's withdrawal from 1 of the "pilot zones" successful occupied territory, a Lebanese subject authoritative told AFP connected Saturday.

Under a model statement reached connected June 26, Israel volition gradually retreat from areas of confederate Lebanon wherever it has sent troops arsenic portion of its subject run against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shia question that has agelong battled Israel.

As portion of the agreement, the long-disempowered Lebanese subject volition instrumentality afloat power of 2 tiny areas dubbed aviator zones.

"The American subject delegation arrived and began meetings with the Lebanese service bid to sermon the mechanisms for implementing the archetypal aviator portion from which the Israelis volition withdraw, allowing the Lebanese service to deploy," the authoritative said, requesting anonymity.

"This is the main nonsubjective the American subject delegation is bringing to Lebanon. ... It is the translation and implementation of the model agreement."

In Washington, a U.S. authoritative had said that "we person moved to the implementation signifier of the framework."

"The archetypal aviator portion volition motorboat successful a substance of days, and further aviator zones are being mapped retired and planned," the authoritative said connected information of anonymity.

Ishaq Dar, lawman premier curate of Pakistan, spoke by telephone Saturday with Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the country's overseas minister, successful an effort to de-escalate the concern successful Iran.

"The 2 leaders exchanged views connected the caller developments successful the portion and expressed heavy interest implicit the escalations contempt the signing of the Islamabad MoU betwixt the United States and Iran successful June 2026," Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said successful a readout of the call. "They agreed that the renewed struggle serves nary one's involvement and undermines efforts toward determination bid and stability."

Pakistan has played an integral relation successful negotiations, mediating betwixt U.S. and Iranian representatives, including with the 14-point memorandum of knowing that President Trump said was dormant earlier this week.

The 2 leaders "reaffirmed Pakistan's telephone connected each parties to workout maximum restraint and let mediation efforts the indispensable clip and abstraction to execute a peaceful and meaningful outcome," according to the readout.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said successful a connection published Saturday by Iran's state-run quality bureau that Tehran volition avenge the decease of his predecessor and father.

"We pledge to nonstop revenge for your axenic humor and the humor of each the martyrs of these 2 wars from their transgression and disgraced killers," Khamenei said successful the connection published by ISNA.

While the ultimate person didn't sanction immoderate state oregon person directly, the "two wars" apt notation to the past 2 unfastened conflicts with the United States and Israel successful 2025 and 2026.

"These criminals, whose names are afloat documented from the apical to the bottommost of the ladder, volition instrumentality their imagination of a peaceful decease successful furniture to their graves," Khamenei said.

Iran's Ministry of Health said Saturday that 17 radical were killed and 115 were injured successful U.S. strikes connected the state connected Wednesday and Thursday.

The fragile ceasefire betwixt the U.S. and Iran was breached connected Tuesday erstwhile the U.S. and Iran speech attacks aft Tehran struck commercialized ships connected the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Ministry of Health says U.S. airstrikes crossed six of their cities connected Tues killed 17 and injured 115 people. "14 surgeries person been performed, 102 patients person been discharged aft receiving treatment," the ministry said successful a statement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived successful Oman connected Saturday greeting up of negotiations with the U.S. which are expected to proceed via mediators.

According to Iran's IRNA quality agency, Araghchi plans to sermon the Strait of Hormuz with his Omani counterpart today. The past week saw an aggravated speech of attacks betwixt the U.S. and Iran aft Tehran attacked commercialized tankers connected the strait.

A Qatari authoritative told CBS News that nary Americans volition be the Omani talks. 

Iran insisted aboriginal Saturday it had "kept its word" with the U.S. and accused Washington of violating the memorandum of knowing (MoU) signed successful June.

"Iran has truthful acold kept its word, dissimilar the alleged U.S. Treasury Secretary who is violating [paragraph] 9 of the MoU," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a societal media post. "That usurpation follows different violations and missteps by the United States."

Paragraph 9 of the MoU calls for Iran to support its atomic programme arsenic it was astatine the clip and for the U.S. to not enforce caller sanctions oregon deploy further forces to the region.

Araghchi's connection came aft President Trump issued a menace successful a Truth Social station precocious Friday to "decimate and destroy" Iran should determination beryllium an effort connected his life.

President Trump threatened Iran connected Saturday aft the ceremonial of erstwhile Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw unfastened calls for his killing.

The comments by Mr. Trump, made connected his Truth Social website, apt again volition crook up tensions successful the Middle East.

"1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed astatine the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of much to instantly follow, should the Iranian Government enactment connected its threat," Mr. Trump wrote. 

There had been aggregate days of U.S. airstrikes targeting Iran pursuing the Iranian strikes connected 3 commercialized tankers successful the Strait of Hormuz, arsenic good arsenic Iranian retaliatory occurrence targeting nations crossed the Middle East.  

The president went on: "Orders person already been given, and the U.S. Military is ready, willing, and able, for a 1 twelvemonth play of time, taxable to extension, to wholly decimate and destruct each areas of Iran."  

Earlier Friday, the New York Post quoted Mr. Trump arsenic saying helium had "left instructions" for the U.S. to weaponry Iran "at levels that they've ne'er seen before" if the Islamic Republic assassinates him, claiming helium has "been No. 1" connected their database of targets "for a agelong time."  

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Iranian officials privately told Trump advisers that they made a mistake successful shooting astatine commercialized ships successful the Strait of Hormuz, that the attacks stemmed from an "errant" sect of hardliners who are trying to undermine negotiations, and that they privation to support talking, elder U.S. officials said connected Friday.

The White House wants the authorities to publically admit its mistake, which the Trump medication views arsenic a usurpation of the ceasefire.

President Trump has directed his squad — led by Vice President JD Vance, the president's son-in-law

Jared Kushner, peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — to proceed negotiations.

The talks are to instrumentality spot successful Oman connected Saturday.

The U.S. volition respond, utilizing subject and economical leverage, if Iran continues to prosecute successful hostile acts, the officials said.

"They came backmost to the array and said, 'We screwed up. We made a mistake. Let's support talking,'" 1 authoritative said.

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An Israeli onslaught connected confederate Lebanon killed 1 idiosyncratic connected Friday, Lebanese authorities media reported, the latest onslaught contempt a truce successful the Israel-Hezbollah war.

"A young antheral from the metropolis of Nabatieh was martyred successful a raid by an force drone that targeted him this afternoon, erstwhile helium was riding a motorcycle" successful Kfar Rumman adjacent the metropolis of Nabatieh, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said.

It besides reported different strikes successful the area, wounding astatine slightest 1 person.

The Israeli subject said it targeted "a Hezbollah violent operating adjacent an entree shaft of the underground panic infrastructure astatine the Ali al-Taher Ridge, wrong the Security Zone wherever (Israeli) soldiers are operating," referring to a elevation that overlooks the country of Nabatieh.

"In an further strike, the (Israeli army) eliminated a fishy traveling successful a conveyance who posed a menace to (Israeli) soldiers operating wrong the Security Zone," the Israeli subject said.

Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East warfare by launching rockets astatine Israel successful enactment of Iran. Israel responded with large airstrikes and a crushed offensive, sidesplitting much than 4,300 people, according to Lebanese authorities.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif connected Friday urged Iran's president to safeguard the "hard-earned peace" aft Tehran and Washington exchanged strikes this week.

"We discussed the evolving determination concern and underscored the imperative of restraint, dialog and diplomacy to safeguard the hard-earned bid gains of caller months," Sharif posted connected societal media of his speech with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Sharif added that Pakistan remained acceptable to proceed "as an honorable and sincere mediator for lasting determination peace."

The Treasury Department has sanctioned Dubai-based Iranian financier Ali Ansari, his holding institution and respective Iranian currency speech houses, officials announced Friday. The U.S. authorities is accusing them of diverting nationalist wealthiness to payment Iranian person Mojtaba Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The move, notably announced aft Iran resumed attacks connected planetary shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz, freezes immoderate U.S.-linked assets of those designated.

An Iranian authoritative and a Qatari authoritative confirmed to CBS News that Qatari mediators were successful Mashad, Iran, to effort to de-escalate the concern amid an aggravated flare-up successful warring betwixt the U.S. and Iran.

The mediators are facilitating the indirect diplomacy to effort to instrumentality to a truce and let the Strait of Hormuz to reopen.

Two officials from the portion told CBS News that Iranian officials volition question to Oman for talks connected Saturday regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the quality implicit the lanes for shipping postulation successful their respective territorial waters.

Three sources acquainted with the ongoing attempts to revive the truce, which lasted little than 3 weeks, told CBS News connected Thursday that "active conversations" betwixt the U.S. and Iran continued, though the diplomacy was indirect and mediated by Qatar.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi has been speaking with Qatar's premier curate and his squad for days, and a root acquainted with the substance told CBS News helium has been defending the actions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which fired connected astatine slightest 3 commercialized vessels Tuesday successful Omani territorial waters. The IRGC has besides sought to complaint a interest for usage of the lane, which the U.S. objects to.

Qatar has been going betwixt the U.S. and Iran arsenic they some question to de-escalate the warring that erupted aft Iran attempted to exert power implicit the Strait of Hormuz, specifically the waterway lanes successful Omani and Iranian territory. Article 5 of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of knowing was meant to reopen the commercialized route, but Iran has been attempting to divert postulation done the lane controlled by Iran and distant from Omani waters. The statement was meant to past until astir Aug. 18.

Multiple officials told CBS News that Vice President JD Vance has been moving the phones, on with Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff. Kushner, who is simply a backstage citizen, is successful Sun Valley, Idaho, astatine a media conference.

On Thursday, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. met with Secretary of State and nationalist information advisor Marco Rubio to sermon the way forward.

No further details were shared done authoritative channels astir the discussions.

Fuel prices are headed backmost up amid renewed clashes betwixt the U.S. and Iran. 

The nationalist terms of gasoline roseate connected Friday to $3.88 a gallon, up from $3.84 a week ago, according to AAA. In caller weeks, prices astatine the pump fell to arsenic debased arsenic $3.80 connected July 5, down from much than $4.50 successful May, aft Washington, D.C., and Tehran signed a impermanent ceasefire past month. 

Regular state averaged $2.98 a gallon conscionable earlier the Iran warfare started successful precocious February. "Gas prices are going up again, arsenic the aboriginal of the ceasefire betwixt the U.S. and Iran remains uncertain," the car radical said successful a report. 

The latest spasm of unit is reviving concerns that a prolonged struggle could disrupt commercialized done the Strait of Hormuz. The fig of ships traversing the strait connected Thursday fell to 34, the lowest regular level since June 28, erstwhile Iran launched drone attacks successful the portion pursuing U.S. airstrikes connected the Islamic Republic, according to S&P Global MINT and S&P Global Commodities astatine Sea.

"Iran-linked and sanctioned postulation remained elevated, accounting for astir one-third of full crossings," the fiscal probe steadfast said of the ships navigating the strait connected July 9.

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Iran volition respond to immoderate onslaught against its infrastructure, including by striking Israel, the caput of the country's apical information assemblage said Friday.

"Any onslaught connected infrastructure volition beryllium retaliated against, and the transgression Zionist authorities liable for these atrocities volition not beryllium harmless from the effect of our fighters," Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said successful a connection carried by authorities TV.

Fighting picked up again this week betwixt the U.S. and Iran, with the U.S. subject carrying retired dense strikes overnight betwixt Wednesday and Thursday, saying it targeted 90 subject sites.

The Islamic Republic accused Washington of besides targeting civilian infrastructure successful bid to detract from the ceremonial of precocious ultimate person Ali Khamenei.

Bridges and railway links betwixt the superior Tehran and Khamenei's hometown of Mashhad, wherever helium was buried connected Thursday, were hit, according to Iran.

On Thursday evening, Iranian authorities media reported a U.S.-Israeli onslaught connected a subject office adjacent Bushehr, wherever Iran's lone civilian atomic works is located.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel was prepared to resume its subject run against Iran if needed, vowing to bash truthful "with adjacent greater force." 

The New York Post quoted President Trump Friday arsenic saying helium had "left instructions" for the U.S. to weaponry Iran "at levels that they've ne'er seen before" if the Islamic Republic assassinates him, claiming helium has "been No. 1" connected their database of targets "for a agelong time."

"I've been connected their database for a agelong time. That's what we're dealing with," the Post quoted him arsenic saying. "The lone happening is, I've near instructions — if thing happens, to conscionable virtually weaponry them astatine levels that they've ne'er seen before." 

Mr. Trump told the paper that reports suggesting Israel had provided quality indicating a circumstantial menace to him this week were unfounded, saying, "No. Israel came up with nothing."

"I've been No. 1 [on Iran's termination list] for a agelong time, and it's the mode beingness is, you know," helium added.

Shipping elephantine Maersk announced Thursday that it would resume Middle East-US East Coast (MECL) services via the Suez Canal, years aft threats by Iran-backed Houthi forces successful Yemen forced the institution to wantonness the transit way successful and retired of the Red Sea.

U.S.-flagged instrumentality ships Maersk Denver and Maersk Chicago volition beryllium the archetypal of the shipping giant's vessels to transit the Suez Canal arsenic portion of the restored service, the institution said.

The institution has been nether pressure to reconstruct the Suez way to boost maritime postulation arsenic the U.S.-Iran warfare has severely restricted vessel journeys successful and retired of the adjacent Persian Gulf. The Suez way links the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, cutting voyage times to immoderate ports, including on the U.S. East Coast, by up to 2 weeks compared to the southerly way done the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

A representation shows the Suez Canal, a man-made, sea-level waterway that cuts done bluish Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, providing oversea cargo an casual shortcut betwixt Europe to Asia and eliminating the request to navigate astir each of Africa. Getty/iStockphoto

Some of Maersk's cargo vessels person been trapped successful the Persian Gulf since the commencement of the Iran struggle successful February, and the Suez way won't assistance them arsenic the lone mode successful oregon retired of the Gulf is the Strait of Hormuz, wherever Iranian threats and attacks person kept shippers wary. 

Although the Red Sea corridor is not a replacement for the strait, it is different captious connector for Middle Eastern vigor producers to clients successful parts of Asia and the Americas.

A representation shows large routes for vigor resources and different commercialized from the Middle East to Asia, including the Bab el-Mandeb strait and the Strait of Hormuz. Getty/iStockphoto

Maersk, 1 of the world's largest instrumentality shipping companies, suspended the MECL way successful precocious 2023 aft repeated attacks connected civilian vessels astir the Red Sea by the Houthis, forcing cargo vessels to instrumentality the overmuch longer, and frankincense much costly confederate way astir Africa's Cape of Good Hope. 

Although Iran has threatened to people the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab done its proxy Houthi force, the waterway has remained mostly unfastened during the war. The latest advisory from the Joint Maritime Information Center successful Bahrain, of which the U.S. subject is simply a member, said Thursday that, contempt the Houthi rhetoric, it had observed nary "operational indicators oregon targeting activity" successful the region.

Mysterious, unclaimed airstrikes that deed Iran aft the U.S. said it finished its attacks person again raised questions of who other whitethorn beryllium targeting the Islamic Republic.

The strikes precocious Thursday, arsenic Iran prepared to hide erstwhile Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, deed areas crossed confederate Iran. The country's theocracy hasn't straight blamed anyone, though 1 lawmaker warned the United Arab Emirates astir allegedly providing enactment to the U.S. run against Iran.

Gulf Arab states, which Iran has targeted repeatedly since the warfare began Feb. 28, did not instantly respond to requests for remark Friday implicit the strikes. 

Israel, which took portion successful the Iran war, besides has not claimed immoderate caller attacks connected Iran.

The U.S. military's Central Command said Thursday astir 6:30 a.m. section Iran clip that it had concluded a circular of strikes that deed 90 targets. Shortly after, Iranian authorities media reported a bid of airstrikes and explosions targeting the country's Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan provinces.

CENTCOM did not respond to an Associated Press petition for remark astir the aboriginal strikes.

During the Iran war, officials said some Saudi Arabia and the UAE launched airstrikes targeting Iran, aft Tehran struck vigor sites successful their countries.

On Friday, Iranian authorities media quoted Esmail Kousari, a subordinate of the Iranian parliament's nationalist information committee and a erstwhile commandant successful the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, arsenic informing the UAE would "pay the terms for its practice with the United States." 

He accused the Emirates of having a "behind-the-scenes" relation successful the caller U.S. attacks.

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The truce with Iran lasted little than 3 weeks, and the U.S. continues to effort to revive it.

Three sources acquainted with the ongoing attempts to revive a ceasefire with Iran told CBS News Thursday that "active conversations" betwixt the U.S. and Iran continued, though the diplomacy was indirect, mediated by Qatar. 

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been speaking with Qatar's Prime Minister and his squad for days, and a root acquainted told CBS that Araghchi has been defending the actions of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, which fired connected 3 commercialized vessels Tuesday successful Omani territorial waters. 

The IRGC has besides sought to complaint ships fees for usage of the lane, which the U.S. objects to.

Qatar has been going betwixt the 2 countries, which some question to deescalate the warring that erupted aft Iran attempted to exert power implicit the shipping lanes successful Omani and Iranian territory successful the Strait of Hormuz. 

Article 5 of the 60-day agelong Memorandum of Understanding was meant to reopen the commercialized route, but Iran has been attempting to divert each postulation done the lane adjacent to its territory, distant from Omani waters. 

The MoU was meant to past until astir Aug. 18. Multiple officials told CBS that Vice President JD Vance has been moving the phones, on with Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff. 

CENTCOM conducted 2 days of aggravated strikes this week, and a U.S. authoritative told CBS News that railways Iran was utilizing to transport subject supplies were among the targets.  

There was nary further item shared done authoritative channels astir the ongoing discussions.

President Trump said Friday connected Truth Social that the U.S. had agreed to a petition from Iran to proceed talks implicit a imaginable bid deal, but helium reiterated his stance from earlier successful the week that the ceasefire is "over."

"The Islamic Republic of Iran has asked america to proceed 'talks.' We person agreed to bash so, but the United States has stated to them, successful nary uncertain terms, that the Cease Fire is OVER!" Mr. Trump wrote.

During a NATO acme successful Turkey earlier this week, the president said helium believed the ceasefire with Iran had ended aft the U.S. launched strikes successful retaliation for Iranian attacks connected commercialized ships.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim quality bureau said a Qatari delegation arrived Friday successful the Iran to "stabilize" Qatar's presumption arsenic a mediator pursuing the events of caller days.

According to the report, the delegation is headed by an advisor to Qatar's overseas minister, and the visiting officials were apt to conscionable with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi successful Mashhad, the northeastern metropolis wherever memorial services for erstwhile ultimate person Ali Khamenei culminated Thursday successful his burial.

Tasnim, which is intimately linked with Iran's almighty Revolutionary Guard Corps, said the main intent of the sojourn was to "stabilize Qatar's mediation presumption aft the events connected Tuesday oregon Thursday."  

Qatar accused Iran this week of targeting a Qatari owned tanker successful the Strait of Hormuz - 1 of 3 vessels struck by weapons successful the captious waterway this week. 

Iran has denied attacking a Qatari ship. 

A root acquainted with the discussions tells CBS News that Vice President JD Vance, arsenic good arsenic U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, person been successful interaction with Qatari officials this week aft the melodramatic escalation of attacks by the U.S. and Iran.

It wasn't wide however overmuch advancement had been made Friday arsenic mediators from Qatar, Pakistan and different countries enactment to easiness the hostility sparked by Iranian attacks connected ships successful the Strait of Hormuz aboriginal this week. The U.S. responded with 2 days of aggravated strikes connected astatine slightest 170 targets, drafting caller Iranian attacks targeting U.S. allies successful the Persian Gulf.

Vice President JD Vance speaks arsenic Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, perceive during a quality league aft a gathering with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026, successful Islamabad, Pakistan. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Getty

Iran has besides confirmed ongoing discussions with mediators, but there's been nary denotation of immoderate caller nonstop interaction betwixt U.S. and Iranian officials.

This week's strikes represented the astir superior situation to day for the ceasefire agreed to by the U.S. and Iran arsenic portion of the memorandum of knowing signed successful mid-June. 

The MoU called for a ceasefire to alteration 60-days of talks aimed astatine brokering a wider bid woody that would resoluteness contentious issues including the aboriginal of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's atomic program. So far, however, lone 2 days of nonstop talks person taken place, though little level "technical" negotiations had continued until this week's flare-up.

Qatar volition proceed to service arsenic a mediator betwixt the U.S. and Iran, the country's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari said during a sheet treatment astatine the Chatham House London Conference connected Thursday.

Speaking astatine a league titled "The New Geopolitics of the Middle East," Al Ansari said Qatar remained committed to mediation "despite being straight affected" by the conflict. He stressed that the country's presumption was rooted successful its content that "military solutions volition not execute lasting stability, and the diplomatic way remains the lone enactment susceptible of ending crises and achieving determination information and stability."

According to a statement released by Qatar's Foreign Ministry, Al Ansari said the portion was facing "not a passing crisis, but alternatively an hold of accumulated cycles of escalation" causing unprecedented instability. 

Al Ansari stressed "the request to reactivate the diplomatic way and make the conditions for sustainable governmental settlements" to fortify economical integration and rebuild spot among determination states.

Lasting determination stability, helium said, would necessitate "respect for the sovereignty of states, strengthening corporate action, and consolidating diplomacy arsenic the champion means of addressing crises and gathering a much unchangeable future."

Israel's subject said Friday that it had carried retired much than 20 attacks successful Lebanon implicit the people of the week, responding, it said, "Hezbollah ceasefire violations."

In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said troops continued operating successful the "security zone" they person occupied crossed confederate Lebanon for weeks, "to region threats to the State of Israel."

"As portion of the activity, 2 underground routes were destroyed successful the colony of Majdal Zone. In addition, the Air Force and the forces carried retired much than 20 attacks pursuing Hezbollah ceasefire violations and killed a fig of terrorists who were a menace to the forces," the IDF said.

First responders inspect a conveyance that was reportedly damaged by an Israeli onslaught successful the confederate Lebanese colony of Kfar Roummane, July 10, 2026. Abbas FAKIH/AFP/Getty

Israel's ongoing combat with Hezbollah, contempt a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, has remained a large bony of contention successful efforts to forge a bid statement betwixt the U.S. and Iran. 

The memorandum of knowing signed successful mid-June by President Trump and his Iranian counterpart calls for an contiguous extremity of hostilities connected each fronts, including successful Lebanon, and Tehran has insisted that Israel keeping forces successful the neighboring federation constitutes a usurpation of that agreement.

Israel and Hezbollah person continued attacks, albeit astatine a little level, contempt their ceasefire agreement, consistently justifying their actions arsenic a effect to the different side's violations.

At slightest 30 sportfishing boats were destroyed by 2 U.S. projectiles that deed the Panj-Pelleh sportfishing pier successful Bandar Abbas during attacks connected Iran's coastline successful the confederate Hormozgan Province connected July 8 and 9, according to a committee subordinate of a section fishermen's cooperative.

The authoritative with the Posht-e Shahr Fishermen's Cooperative was quoted by authorities media arsenic saying each vessel was worthy astir $11,000, with the attacks causing important fiscal losses for the section sportfishing industry.

Iran's IRNA authorities quality bureau quoted a lawman politician of the neighboring Bushehr Province, besides connected Iran's southwest seashore adjacent the Strait of Hormuz, arsenic saying Thursday that U.S. strikes had deed the Benoud sportfishing pier successful Asaluyeh, resulting successful sportfishing boats belonging to section residents catching fire. 

President Trump has said the U.S. would people tiny boats utilized by Iranian forces to laic oversea mines successful the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters. 

The U.S. military's Central Command said the strikes earlier this week had been aimed astatine astir 170 Iranian targets, including aerial defenses, drone and rocket storage, naval targets and logistics infrastructure connected Iran's coast. 

The U.S. Navy continues to promote commercialized ships to usage the alleged confederate way done the Strait of Hormuz, contempt attacks by Iran this week targeting vessels trying to usage that way and repeated warnings from Tehran for ships to lone usage a bluish transition adjacent to its coast. 

An advisory released Friday by the planetary Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) successful Bahrain, of which the U.S. Navy is simply a halfway member, reminded mariners successful the portion that the information menace level successful the strait and surrounding waters remained severe, but it added "further information" specifically from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command.

"Notwithstanding caller unprovoked attacks connected merchant vessels, mariners are reminded that the confederate way of the [Strait of Hormuz] has been expanded and remains disposable for each traffic," the update, highlighted successful reddish to differentiate it from the erstwhile guidance, says.

JMIC urges mariners to coordinate immoderate transition done the constrictive waterway with the associated naval forces, but says it is not mandatory. 

"Ships whitethorn transit the confederate way without coordination," the advisory says.

Map of the Strait of Hormuz showing the shipping corridor coordinated by Oman, the Iran-designated corridor, and the determination of Iranian attacks connected vessels carried retired connected July 6 and 7, 2026. AFP via Getty

The caller guidance added that further routes are available, but are not "protected." The lone different way known to exist, without a hazard of imaginable oversea mines laid by Iran, is the bluish way designated by Tehran, which Iranian authorities accidental requires nonstop coordination with its military.

The Lloyd's List maritime quality radical said Thursday that nary ample vessels had transited the confederate route, which hugs the seashore of Oman, with their determination transponders switched connected since July 7, though it could not regularisation retired ships utilizing the way with their locators switched off. 

A CBS News reappraisal of open-source maritime tracking information connected Friday recovered nary commercialized vessels publically broadcasting locations that would bespeak an volition to transit the confederate shipping lane done the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a bid of telephone calls Thursday with elder determination officials, including the overseas ministers of Oman, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, arsenic good arsenic Pakistan's service chief, to sermon determination developments pursuing an aggravated speech of attacks with the U.S. this week.

The flare-up, sparked by Iranian strikes connected respective commercialized vessels successful the Strait of Hormuz, appeared to easiness by Thursday evening aft the astir aggravated rounds of U.S. strikes since the ceasefire was agreed successful mid-June. 

In abstracted calls with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Araghchi discussed the latest determination developments, peculiarly successful the Strait of Hormuz. 

At halfway right, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (center left), Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi (second from right), and different Iraqi officials, arsenic the precocious Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assemblage arrives astatine Najaf International Airport successful Najaf, Iraq, successful a July 8, 2026 record photo. Iranian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu/Getty

All diplomats connected the calls stressed the value of utilizing diplomatic channels, maintaining contacts and coordination, and moving to forestall further escalation, according to the Iranian government's statement of the calls.

Araghchi besides spoke with Pakistan's Army main Field Marshal Asim Munir, during which the Iranian curate powerfully condemned "aggressive attacks by the U.S. subject connected assorted areas of Iran," calling them violations of the ceasefire presumption laid retired successful the memorandum of understanding.

Later Thursday, Araghchi held a telephone telephone with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan to sermon determination developments pursuing what Tehran described arsenic U.S. assertive actions, arsenic Iran continued diplomatic engagement with neighboring countries amid heightened determination tensions. 

Countries that person mediated betwixt the U.S. and Iran for weeks person been moving for the past mates days to easiness flaring hostility betwixt the 2 nations and to revive talks aimed astatine brokering a bid woody that addresses Iranian atomic ambitions and different delicate matters.

The diplomacy was acceptable backmost by a melodramatic flare-up aboriginal this week, arsenic the U.S. responded to Iranian attacks connected commercialized vessels successful the Strait of Hormuz with the astir punishing bid of airstrikes since the memorandum of knowing was signed successful mid-June. Iran said astatine slightest 14 radical were killed, and it lashed retired with missiles targeting U.S. Gulf allies.

Qatar, Pakistan and different nations successful the portion person been moving to bring Iran and the U.S. backmost to the negotiating table, sources with cognition of the discussions told CBS News connected Thursday. 

While determination has been small to bespeak superior diplomatic advancement implicit the past time oregon so, neither Iran nor the U.S. launched much strikes Thursday nighttime into Friday morning.

This week's speech of strikes by the U.S. and Iran represented a crisp escalation betwixt the countries. The U.S. subject said Navy and Air Force weapons had deed a full of astatine slightest 170 targets successful Iran connected Tuesday and Wednesday - 17-times the fig struck during the past salvo connected June 26. 

It was the astir aggravated U.S. battle connected Iran since President Trump and his Iranian counterpart signed the memorandum of knowing declaring a ceasefire successful mid-June.

This week U.S. Central Command said it specifically targeted subject sites, including Iranian aerial defenses and rocket and drone retention and motorboat sites, on the country's coastline astatine the rima of the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting a imaginable strategical motive to trim Iran's quality to people ships successful the region.

Iran retaliated connected a larger scale, too, launching missiles and drones astatine Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan. U.S. officials reported nary important harm to U.S. facilities successful the allied nations, and U.S. casualties, and astir of the weapons were intercepted.

While it was a important escalation, it did not look to beryllium a instrumentality to afloat combat operations, however. During the tallness of the war, Iran was firing hundreds of missiles and drones each time astatine U.S. allies, and the U.S. was launching hundreds of airstrikes.

Notably, Israel has appeared to enactment retired of the latest eruption of fighting, and Iran has not targeted Israel this week.

President Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Thursday, according to Netanyahu's bureau and a White House official.

Netanyahu's bureau said that Mr. Trump updated Netanyahu astir "American moves successful the Gulf," and besides addressed "continued coordination betwixt the countries successful assorted sectors."

A White House authoritative confirmed the telephone took place, but did not supply details.

A U.S. authoritative told CBS News connected Thursday that President Trump views the Iranian strikes earlier this week connected 3 commercialized tankers successful the Strait of Hormuz arsenic acts of terrorism.

The U.S. authoritative said the 60-day ceasefire signed past period betwixt the U.S. and Iran is performance-based, and Iran's actions successful those strikes "failed show astatine an unacceptable level."

According to the U.S. official, however, "technical talks" betwixt the 2 sides are continuing. When asked astir the ceasefire connected Wednesday, Mr. Trump had said that "as acold arsenic I'm concerned, it's over." The president besides said bid negotiations would continue, claiming that Iran "wants to marque a woody truthful badly."

The U.S. authoritative besides reaffirmed Thursday the U.S. presumption that Iran cannot person a atomic weapon.

The U.S. subject reiterated its insistence connected Thursday that Iran does not power the Strait of Hormuz.

In a social media post, U.S. Central Command said that, since aboriginal May, U.S. forces had helped much than 800 commercialized vessels and 380 cardinal barrels of crude lipid transit the strait.

The connection came aft the U.S. said Iran struck 3 commercialized tankers successful the strait earlier this week, reigniting warring betwixt the 2 sides amid what has been a shaky ceasefire.

The maritime diary Lloyd's List reported Thursday that strait postulation had "fallen sharply" since the 2 sides began exchanging strikes Tuesday. 

The MarineTraffic.com tracking website showed aboriginal Thursday that determination were conscionable 3 substance tankers successful the strategical waterway openly broadcasting their positions — 2 of which are taxable to U.S. sanctions for transporting Iranian oil.

"We're surely amended than we were successful March and April, but until we person immoderate benignant of important statement ... it's conscionable going to stay very, precise volatile," Andrew Wilson, caput of probe astatine BRS shipbrokers, said of shipping done the strait during a webinar held Thursday by Lloyd's List.

"We're not going backmost to February 27, and I deliberation everybody understands that," Lloyd's List editor-in-chief Richard Meade said astatine the briefing. "A tentative 60-day statement with fewer guarantees was ne'er truly going to alteration the dial overmuch successful presumption of shipping decisions."

The Iranian authorities said the eldest lad of erstwhile Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed successful a onslaught astatine the commencement of the Iran war, oversaw his father's ceremonial services Thursday arsenic helium was laid to rest.

Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei led the ceremonial prayer, the Iranian authorities said successful an X post.

Khamenei's 2nd son, Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, was named the caller ultimate person of Iran successful March, but helium has not been seen successful nationalist since earlier the warfare and U.S. officials person said helium was severely injured successful the onslaught that killed his father, perchance disfigured.  

Week-long memorial services for the elder Khamenei, who ruled implicit Iran for astir 4 decades earlier helium was killed connected the archetypal time of U.S.-Israeli strikes, ended Thursday evening with his authorities ceremonial and burial successful the metropolis of Mashhad, successful northeast Iran.

Tens of thousands of radical came retired to wage their respects to the precocious ayatollah astatine events successful Iran and neighboring Iraq implicit the past week, often holding signs and burning effigies calling for the sidesplitting of President Trump.