The United States carried out a ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, targeting military command centers, air defenses, and missile sites in a three-hour barrage designed to degrade Tehran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump said the strikes were conducted in honor of fallen soldiers after three American service members were killed in fighting with Iran, including an attack on a base in Jordan on Friday that left two dead, four wounded, and one missing.
Iran responded with attacks across the region, with the Revolutionary Guard claiming it destroyed a radar installation, equipment depot, and drone hangar at the Ali Al Salem base in Kuwait. Kuwaiti air defenses intercepted hostile drones, while sirens sounded in Bahrain and a vessel caught fire near Oman. Iranian authorities reported at least 50 people killed and more than 500 wounded in the renewed US strikes, which also hit a desalination plant cutting water to 10,000 people.
The US death toll from the conflict, which began in February, has reached 17. Supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei suspended an agreement with Washington reached last month. Oil prices held steady as Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged allies to increase pressure on Iran to protect global shipping.