Kuwait says fire sparked by Iranian attacks under control Kuwait’s fire force said on Tuesday that a blaze at one site has been brought under control after it was targeted in Iranian attacks, according to Kuwait’s state news agency. No injuries have been reported as of yet.
Trump says strikes on Iran will continue ‘until I say enough’ Trump said that attacks on Iran will continue until he decides that they are enough, and that he will “save energy targets in Iran for last”. “Iran has some fight left but they don’t have much” he claimed in an interview delivered to Fox News on Tuesday. “We will knock out their power plants… we will knock out all their bridges until they get to the negotiating table,” he added.
Washington DC [US], July 15 (ANI): The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Tuesday (local time) said that it has resumed the naval blockade targeting vessels travelling to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas, hours after announcing an 'additional round of strikes' against the Islamic Republic amid the escalating tensions in West Asia.
Iranian army says attacks on US bases in region will continue until ‘final victory’ Iran’s army said on Tuesday that it had carried out drone strikes on US facilities at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in al-Azraq, in a statement carried by IRIB. The army said that the attack would be the seventh round of its operations on US bases in the region, adding that this would continue for as long as it takes to reach a “final victory”.
Air defences activated around Bushehr nuclear power plant, clashes heard in Gulf waters Iran’s Mehr news agency said that its air defences around the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran have been activated. The agency also reported that explosions sounded in the maritime area of eastern Hormozgan and Sirik, which it says appear linked to an exchange of fire and clashes in the waters of the Gulf between the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz. Another explosion has been also been heard in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, according to the Tasnim news agency.
New explosions sound in Iran’s Chabahar, Bampur Several more explosions have been heard in Bampur and Chabahar in southern Iran, Fars news agency is reporting, without giving an exact location. No casualties or damage have been reported.
WASHINGTON, 15th July, 2026 (WAM) -- The U. S. military on Tuesday announced the resumption of the blockade of Iranian ports.
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No casualties reported in Bandar Abbas, says governorate Hormozgan Governorate officials have reported that there were no civilian casualties or damage to residential and commercial properties following the recent US attacks in the region on Tuesday, according to comments carried by Mehr news agency. The Hormozgan province’s capital of Bandar Abbas was targeted by US military forces alongside the cities of Sirik, the Ahvaz region and Qeshm and Kish Islands, according to Iranian media reports.
Tehran [Iran], July 15 (ANI): Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday (local time) said that it had targeted US military assets in Bahrain and Kuwait during the third wave of its 'Operation Nasr 2', in retaliation for US strikes on the Islamic Republic earlier in the day.
More explosions reported in Ahvaz, Qeshm Island Another explosion has been reported in the city of Ahvaz in southern Iran, and several more in Qeshm Island, according to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB.
Iranian media: US strikes hit near Iran’s Sirik Iran’s Mehr news agency has reported that US projectiles have struck an area near the city of Sirik in southern Iran on Tuesday. This comes after reports from IRNA news agency that a US attack hit Bandar Abbas, without elaborating on the target or extent of the damage.
Kiev will be allowed to manufacture cruise missiles, glide bombs, and interceptors on its soil, French President Emmanuel Macron has said France will grant Ukraine licenses to produce missiles and bombs on its soil, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday.
US military confirms strikes launched against Iran US Central Command (Centcom) announced on Tuesday that the military is launching more strikes on Iran to “continue degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz”, according to a post to X. “The strikes are taking place as American forces prepare to resume the naval blockade against Iranian ports and coastal areas,” the statement added. In a separate post on X, Centcom stated that "there are currently more than 20 US Navy warships and hundreds of military aircraft operating across the Middle East," adding that "American forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready".
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Thirteen Indian nationals have been killed, and three others remain missing in the Gulf region since the outbreak of the conflict in West Asia in February this year, government sources said on Tuesday. There have been fresh tensions in West Asia with strikes from Iran and the United States casting a shadow on the interim peace deal between the two countries.
Explosions heard in Iran’s Bandar Abbas Iranian's IRNA news agency has reported that three consecutive explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas, a coastal city along the Strait of Hormuz. This follows reports of explosions in Iran's southern city of Ahvaz and its Qeshm and Kish Islands on Tuesday.
Kuwait army says vessel targeted, four personnel injured Kuwait's military said in a statement on Tuesday that one of its navy vessels was targeted in Iranian attacks, injuring four armed forces personnel. The injured personnel received medical treatment and were in stable condition, the statement added. Kuwait's armed forces added that they had detected and intercepted one ballistic missile, five cruise missiles and 33 drones on Tuesday's attacks, which targeted several civilian facilities, with debris falling and causing material damage.
Explosions reported in southern Iran’s Ahvaz Iran's Fars news agency reported on Tuesday that explosions were heard in the southern city of Ahvaz, the capital of Iran's Khuzestan province. This comes amid a wave of US attacks on Iran and Iranian retaliation on Gulf states, which have seemingly ended the memorandum of understanding between the nations.
Control of the waterway has become a key point of contention between the US and Iran, as a ceasefire deal falters.
IRGC says no oil will be exported as long as US stays in the region Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Tuesday that as long as US “evil actions” continue in the region, “not a single drop of oil and gas” will be exported from the region, Iranian state media reported. The IRGC also added that US “aggressions” against it will have no result other than delaying the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and stated that their latest attacks on US facilities destroyed or damaged several drones in Kuwait and Bahrain, in retaliation against US attacks on Iran.
