IRAN TARGET. Military equipment targeted at an unknown location, during what US Central Command (CENTCOM) says are strikes on Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on July 20, 2026.
U.S. Central Command/Handout via REUTERS
Despite the escalating cycle of attacks that has all but wrecked an interim peace agreement signed in June, signs that Tehran and Washington want to resume diplomacy keep oil prices in check
DUBAI, UAE – US forces bombed targets in southern Iran overnight after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted US sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
The exchanges came a day after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, opening a potential new front in the war and raising the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf.
