US military launches new round of strikes on Iran

The US military’s Central Command has said that it began launching “more strikes against Iranian military targets” at 5:30PM US Eastern time [2130 GMT] at Trump’s direction.

“The mission will continue to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters,” Centcom said on X.

At 5:30 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began launching more strikes against Iranian military targets at the Commander in Chief's direction. The mission will continue to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters.

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 22, 2026