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Jun 11, 2026
Iran War Live Updates: U.S.-Iran Strikes Risk Dangerous New Phase
The continued exchanges of fire have raised fears that the two sides could return to all-out war. Tehran said that the latest U.S. strikes had effectively rendered the cease-fire “meaningless.”
by Shirin Hakim Eric Schmitt Qasim Nauman and Lara Jakes
Here’s the latest
The United States and Iran traded a new round of attacks early Thursday, bringing the countries closer to all-out war after President Trump vowed to keep up military pressure on Tehran to make a peace deal.
The tit-for-tat strikes this week risked pushing the conflict into a perilous new phase, with no clear signs of whether the fighting could be contained. Iran’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that the latest round of U.S. strikes on Iran had effectively rendered the cease-fire “meaningless,” and warned of “highly dangerous consequences,” without giving specifics.
The latest American attack began shortly after midnight in Tehran, according to the U.S. military’s Central Command. Explosions were heard in Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the southern cities of Bandar Abbas, Minab and Sirik, Iranian news outlets reported.
Just after 4:30 a.m. in Iran, Central Command said that its round of strikes had concluded. Mr. Trump had earlier told Fox News that strikes would resume the following night if Tehran did not capitulate in negotiations to end the war that began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.
Iran said it had responded with two waves of attacks on targets at U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. Kuwait’s military said on Thursday morning that it was intercepting hostile targets, and the authorities briefly closed the country’s airspace to civilian aircraft. Sirens were activated in Bahrain, the country’s interior ministry said, without saying what had triggered them.
Iran also said that the Strait of Hormuz was now closed to any type of vessel, including oil tankers and commercial ships. The U.S. military said the strait was not closed.
The latest attacks followed U.S. strikes roughly 24 hours earlier, in which the U.S. military said that its jets had hit multiple Iranian targets in response to the downing of an American Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Iran responded by launching strikes on U.S. targets in the region.
On Wednesday, Mr. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the new strikes were meant not as retaliation for a particular military action but to pressure Tehran to agree to peace on Mr. Trump’s terms.
“If we need to negotiate with bombs, we’ll negotiate with bombs,” Mr. Hegseth told reporters.
Here’s what else we’re covering:
Iran water tanks: A New York Times analysis of satellite images and photographs suggests that a precision U.S. attack early Wednesday hit drinking-water facilities in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province. A local official said water service had been cut off for some 12 hours to about 20,000 people as temperatures soared. U.S. Central Command did not respond to a request for comment on the report of the strike. Read more ›
Economic impact: The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates today in response to rising inflation caused by the war. The price of oil was down in early trading on Thursday after jumping the previous day following the first round of new strikes. Read more ›
Not-so-secret mission: Mr. Trump described a clandestine mission that involved spiriting millions of barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz undetected. But a U.S. military official said that the president’s comments referred to a previously reported U.S. effort to steer commercial vessels through the strait. Read more ›
June 11, 2026, 5:36 a.m. ET2 hours ago
Leo Sands and Leily Nikounazar
An Iranian official has accused the U.S. of striking a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday morning. Reza Shahidian, governor of Iran’s Sirik county in the southern Hormozgan province, which borders the Strait of Hormuz, said the vessel was hit while it was traveling from an Omani port, according to ISNA, a semiofficial Iranian news agency. He added that the crew had been rescued. U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to an overnight request for comment.
June 11, 2026, 5:08 a.m. ET2 hours ago
Leo Sands and Leily Nikounazar
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that the latest round of U.S. strikes on Iran had “effectively rendered the cease-fire of April 8, 2026, meaningless.”
In a statement carried by state media, Iran described the overnight U.S. strikes as “extensive” and warned of “highly dangerous consequences arising from this escalation,” without giving specifics.
June 11, 2026, 4:20 a.m. ET3 hours ago
Ismaeel Naar and Leily Nikounazar
Jordan’s military said its air defenses shot down 20 missiles launched from Iran toward the Azraq area on Thursday. There were no injuries or material damage, it said in a statement published by state media.
Earlier on Thursday, the Iranian military had said it targeted a U.S. base in Azraq with 12 missiles. Iran had launched missiles during yesterday’s exchange toward the same area, where a Jordanian air base that has been used for U.S. operations is located.
June 11, 2026, 4:09 a.m. ET3 hours ago
The three Indian sailors who were missing after a U.S. strike on the tanker Settebello in the Gulf of Oman have been confirmed dead, Sarbananda Sonowal, India’s shipping minister, said on Thursday.
The U.S. military said it hit the ship on Wednesday because it violated the American blockade of Iran. The Indian government said it had summoned a top U.S. diplomat to protest the attack. The Settebello was the second vessel with an Indian crew struck by the U.S. military in the region this week.
June 11, 2026, 2:48 a.m. ET4 hours ago
Bahrain’s interior ministry said falling debris from the interception of Iranian drones injured an 11-year-old girl, and damaged several vehicles and homes in the capital, Manama, and Hamad Town.
June 11, 2026, 1:53 a.m. ET5 hours ago
Kuwait’s airspace has reopened and air traffic has returned to normal, the country’s civil aviation authority said. It had closed Kuwaiti airspace earlier on Thursday because of what it said were Iranian attacks.