Skip linksSkip to Content Live Navigation menuNewsAfricaAsiaUS & CanadaLatin AmericaEuropeAsia PacificWorld CupMiddle EastExplainedOpinionVideoFeaturesEconomySportHuman RightsClimate CrisisInvestigationsInteractivesIn PicturesScience & TechnologyPodcastsTravelSponsored Content Live Navigation menuUS-Israel war on IranLive updatesStrait of HormuzWhy have strikes resumed?Bodies of EvidenceLive updates, Washington official says that technical talks with Iran continue and that the US wants to pursue diplomacy despite recent escalation.Mourners shout slogans during a funeral procession on the day of the burial of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in a US-Israeli strike, in Mashhad, Iran, July 9, 2026 [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]By Zaid Sabah and Abby RogersPublished On 10 Jul 2026
Iranian officials and state media have reported multiple explosions in the country’s south, including near the Bushehr nuclear facility.
A US official has told Al Jazeera that the country’s military was not behind the latest strikes on Iran. No one else has so far claimed responsibility, and Iran has not so far blamed any specific country.
