US Bombs Iran for Seventh Night; Tehran Threatens 'Total Offensive'

The United States bombed Iran for the seventh consecutive night, escalating regional tensions. Tehran retaliated by striking targets in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, while also threatening a "total offensive" if U.S. strikes persist for more than a few days. This escalation occurs just one month after Iran and the U.S. signed a peace agreement protocol on June 17.

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced strikes on Iranian "surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons depots, and maritime assets." However, authorities in Iran's Hormozgan province reported that the U.S. strikes resulted in at least three deaths and eight injuries, and targeted two bridges and a road tunnel. Iran's state television reported that the Iranian army struck the Al-Adiri military camp and Ali Al-Salem base in Kuwait, Al-Azraq air base in Jordan, and Sheikh Isa air base in Bahrain.

Jordanian military officials stated that their air defenses intercepted ten Iranian missiles without casualties or damage. Kuwait's army reported facing "hostile drone attacks," and Bahrain's Interior Ministry announced that air raid sirens sounded in the country. Mohsen Rezai, a military advisor to Iran's supreme leader, warned that Tehran would enter a "total offensive phase" if U.S. strikes continued. The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army, warned that the strikes would continue until calm returned to the southern part of the country and the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has closed to maritime traffic for over a week.