US launches 90 strikes on Iran, Iran retaliates missiles

The United States conducted a major new series of military strikes against Iran this week, targeting approximately 90 military sites in an effort to degrade Tehran's ability to threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded within hours with missile and drone attacks on U.S. facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar, marking a significant escalation that threatens to unravel a fragile ceasefire.

U.S. Central Command stated the strikes, which took place on July 8, focused on Iranian coastal radar installations, anti-ship missile batteries, drone launch positions, command networks, and naval assets. The operation was described as a direct response to recent Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the strategic waterway. President Donald Trump stated the action was retribution for such attacks and warned that further Iranian aggression would lead to a worsened situation.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its retaliatory strikes on July 9 constituted a second phase of response to U.S. aggression and warned that additional American bases in the region would be targeted if attacks continued. Iranian state media reported explosions in several southern port...