US Strikes Iran; Iran Retaliates Across the Gulf — SkimNews
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- U.S. Central Command completed strikes on Iranian air defenses, radar systems, and maritime assets on Tuesday, framing them as retaliation for Iranian attacks on commercial ships and American forces in the region.
- A U.S. strike hit a home hosting a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, killing five people including a child and wounding at least 68, according to the province's deputy governor; CENTOM said it 'never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC.'
- Iran retaliated by firing ballistic missiles at a U.S. base along Jordan's Gulf of Aqaba coast; Jordan's military said it intercepted 10 of the missiles and the remaining three landed in unpopulated areas.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned of 'crushing and devastating blows' and claimed to have tightened Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil normally flows.
- Trump wrote on social media that he 'couldn't care less' if Iran signs an agreement, claiming U.S. forces have 'almost total control of the Hormuz Strait' and Iran's economy is 'totally collapsing.'
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the Islamic Republic is ready to return to the June interim ceasefire deal if Washington reciprocates, speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan.
- Oil prices climbed about 7% on the week and are up more than 50% this year; U.S. regular gasoline ticked up overnight to $4.10 per gallon from $3.19 a year earlier, per AAA.
Why it matters: The strikes ended a month without military action and re-ignited a six-month intermittent war that has lifted crude more than 50% this year and pushed U.S. regular gasoline to $4.10 per gallon. Iran's same-day offer to revive the June ceasefire now collides with Trump's stated indifference to a deal—and with diminishing U.S. interceptor stockpiles—leaving Gulf states like Jordan and Kuwait absorbing missile and drone fallout.
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