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Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Begins New Wave of Attacks on Iran, Military Says

Central Command announced the strikes hours after President Trump vowed to hit Iran “very hard” in response to an attempted Iranian attack on U.S. forces. Max Bearak Farnaz Fassihi and Pranav Baskar The scope of the war in the Middle East widened on Wednesday and early Thursday, as U.S. Central Command announced new strikes on Iran. Central Command, which directs the U.S. military in the region, said the strikes began at about 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, without offering further detail.

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President Trump may have been hinting at the latest predawn barrage when, speaking to reporters on Wednesday at the Oval Office, he vowed that the United States would target Iran in response to attempted attacks on U.S. forces. “We’re going to be hitting them very hard,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. “Because it’s our turn to hit them.” The spate of attacks ended a pause in direct fighting between the United States and Iran. An umbrella group for the militias confirmed at least that many fighters had been killed, which the Iraqi prime minister called “an unacceptable aggression.” Iraqi militias: The P.M.F. is an umbrella group of Shiite militias that banded together in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group in Iraq.

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Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 1:11 AM UTC
Central Command announced the strikes hours after President Trump vowed to hit Iran “very hard” in response to an attempted Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Jordan. The scope of the war in the Middle East widened on Wednesday, as American and Saudi fighter jets attacked Iran-allied militias in Iraq, Iran fired missiles at bases in Jordan used by U.S. forces, and an American-owned tanker in an Egyptian port was set on fire in an apparent drone strike. The spate of attacks ended a pause in direct fighting between the United States and Iran. Since the collapse of a cease-fire between the United States and Iran this month, Iran-linked groups across the region have opened new fronts and reopened old ones, embroiling forces in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan in the war that until recently had been contained to countries along the Persian Gulf.
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Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 1:31 AM UTC
Central Command announced the strikes hours after President Trump vowed to hit Iran “very hard” in response to an attempted Iranian attack on U.S. forces. Max Bearak Farnaz Fassihi and Pranav Baskar The scope of the war in the Middle East widened on Wednesday and early Thursday, as U.S. Central Command announced new strikes on Iran. Central Command, which directs the U.S. military in the region, said the strikes began at about 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, without offering further detail.
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