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Iran live updates: Gulf countries under attack after US completes 3rd round of retaliatory strikes

The U.S. strikes came after a cargo ship was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.

Last Updated: July 12, 2026, 1:39 PM 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 last month 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.

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'Keep your word or pay the price,' Ghalibaf says after strikes

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament who has served as Tehran's chief negotiator in peace talks, suggested in a post to X on Sunday that the U.S. had failed to honor last month's memorandum of understanding.

"The era of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking.," Ghalibaf wrote, posting a screenshot of the text of the MOU in which Iran committed to arranging safe passage for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Ghalibaf's post came after the U.S. launched a new round of airstrikes on Iranian targets in response to Tehran's attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps alleged in a statement that was read on state run TV on Saturday that several ships used unapproved routes and ignored warnings from the IRGC Navy.

The IRGC Navy said that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and claimed that a commercial vessel transiting the waterway was hit and "halted" by a "warning shot" it fired.

The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, is pictured at the Buergenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 20, 2026.
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1:40 AM EDT

Qatar intercepts missiles, Kuwait defends against 'hostile' targets in airspace

The Ministry of Defense in Qatar said early on Sunday that the country's armed forces intercepted "a number" of ballistic missile attacks, as the Kuwait Army said it confronted "hostile aerial targets" within its airspace.

Those attacks followed renewed U.S. strikes on Iranian targets, although neither Qatar nor Kuwait detailed where the strikes originated from. Air raid sirens also blared in Bahrain early on Sunday.

"The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosion sounds heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks," the Kuwait Army said in an update.

Kuwaiti forces urged residents to "adhere to security and safety instructions."

Bahrain did not detail a specific threat, but said its air raid sirens were activated.

"The siren has been sounded," Bahrain's Interior Ministry said in a social media post. "Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."

Jul 11, 2026, 11:56 PM EDT

US hits 140 military targets in 3rd round of strikes: CENTCOM

U.S. forces completed a third round of strikes on Iran, hitting 140 military targets in retaliation for the attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz earlier Saturday, U.S. Central Command said.

The U.S. struck using "precision munitions" launched by land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones and naval vessels, CENTCOM said in a statement posted on social media.

PHOTO: This still photo taken from a video released by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. forces conducting strikes in Iran.
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Targets included Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks and coastal surveillance locations, CENTCOM said.

Overall, the U.S. has struck over 300 targets in Iran in three rounds of airstrikes this week, in an effort to "degrade Iran’s ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial vessels freely transiting the strait," CENTCOM said.

Jul 11, 2026, 8:23 PM EDT

Hegseth: 'Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay.'

In a post on social media in response to U.S. Central Command announcing a third round of strikes on Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote: "Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay."

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