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Iran live updates: US launches daytime strikes, IRGC claims targeting of US bases

The U.S. and Iran have returned to exchanging intense strikes.

Last Updated: July 15, 2026, 10:23 AM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.

2 hours and 27 minutes ago

CENTCOM completes 90-minute wave of strikes in Iran

CENTCOM said in a post to X that it had completed a 90-minute wave of strikes on Iran, which targeted what it said were "coastal defense systems and cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island."

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

2 hours and 41 minutes ago

Bahrain reports interceptions of Iranian missiles, drones

The Bahrain Defence Force announced on Wednesday that "Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through unlawful missile and drone attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain."

The BDF said that its forces intercepted "several" aerial attacks on Wednesday morning.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

3 hours and 28 minutes ago

30 people killed in attacks on southern Iran, official says

More than 30 people have been killed in "recent" attacks on Iran's southern regions, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said in a social media post Wednesday morning, without elaborating.

Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said in a separate social media post earlier Wednesday that more than 260 people have been wounded across the country in the latest wave of attacks, without specifying how many people had been killed.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

6:32 AM EDT

CENTCOM announces new wave of strikes on Iran

In a post on X, U.S. Central Command said it began launching "a wave of strikes" against Iran at around 6 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

"The strikes are designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," the post said.

-ABC News' Lauren Minore

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