Iran announces initial response to the US: strikes against 85 key US military facilities.
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The US military claims to have completed a new round of strikes against Iran.
According to a recent statement and video released by the U.S. Odaily Command, the U.S. military launched a new round of offensive strikes against Iran, using precision-guided munitions to hit more than 80 targets, in a "direct response to Iran's recent attacks on merchant ships sailing in the Strait of Hormuz." The statement said that the US military's targets included Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, and anti-ship missile capabilities; in addition, more than 60 small vessels of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were destroyed in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waters. This comes after Iran previously attacked three merchant ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz: the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker "Al-Recayat," the Saudi Arabian-flagged oil tanker "Vedian," and the Liberian-flagged oil tanker "Cyprus Prosperity." US Central Command forces remain on high alert, and "the US will hold Iran accountable should it fail to comply with or violate the agreement." (Jin Shi)
Iranian military strikes US base in Bahrain, threatens further attacks
According to Mars Finance, citing Jinshi News, the Iranian military stated that it has launched strikes against US bases in Bahrain and pledged further attacks should the US launch another attack on Iran.
The US military has begun a series of powerful strikes against Iran.
According to ChainCatcher, citing Jinshi, the U.S. Central Command announced that the U.S. military has begun a series of powerful strikes against Iran.
The Iranian military claims that US military bases in the Middle East are "legitimate targets."
According to Mars Finance, on July 8th, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that the Iranian military issued a statement saying that all US military bases in the Middle East would become "legitimate targets" for Iranian drone strikes. The statement said that in light of US attacks on military and civilian areas in southern Iran and violations of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, the Iranian military used drones to strike the US Sheikh Issa Air Base in Bahrain. This action was a response to the US's blatant and repeated violations of the ceasefire.
Iranian lawmaker: The US must recognize the Iranian regime in the Strait of Hormuz
Odaily Odaily reports that following the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's announcement of strikes against 85 US military facilities in the region, a senior Iranian lawmaker stated that the US must "recognize the new administrative system in the Strait of Hormuz." According to official media reports, Ibrahim Aziz, chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, made the remarks on social media, commenting on the Revolutionary Guard's so-called "preliminary response" to US aggression. He stated, "There is no other way: the new Iranian regime in the Strait of Hormuz must be recognized."
The US military resumed strikes against Iraq and imposed oil sanctions.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8, the U.S. Central Command announced that its forces had initiated a series of powerful strikes against Iran in response to Iranian targeting and attacks on commercial shipping operated by civilian crews in international waterways. The U.S. Central Command stated that the strikes were a response to Iranian attacks on three merchant ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran's aggression was "unjustified, dangerous," and a "clear violation of the ceasefire agreement." U.S. officials stated that the strikes against Iran were a "punitive action, not a reciprocal response," and that the operation "will not end anytime soon." Simultaneously, the U.S. revoked a general license authorizing the sale of Iranian oil, allowing related final transactions to continue until midnight Eastern Time on July 17. This news caused international oil prices to rise. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter had announced on June 22 that, as part of the framework of U.S.-Iran negotiations, the U.S. Treasury Department had issued a 60-day general license authorizing the production, delivery, and sale of Iranian oil. According to a statement released that day by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the production, delivery and sale of Iranian crude oil, petrochemicals and petroleum products, which had been prohibited by several U.S. executive orders and regulations, have been exempted until August 21, 2026.