Iran targets US navy supplies in most extensive wave of airstrikes
Iran targets US navy supplies in most extensive wave of airstrikes
Jorg LuykenSun, July 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM UTC
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Air defence interceptions are seen in the sky above Doha on July 12, 2026. - AFP
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Iran has targeted US naval supply lines in a wave of airstrikes that have brought the interim peace deal to the brink of collapse.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have destroyed several key US facilities across the Gulf, including a refuelling station for American aircraft carriers at the Port of Duqm, Oman.
Five Arab states were targeted during the attacks, including Qatar, a key mediators in peace negotiations, prompting a furious response from the region.
The strikes were the most extensive wave of attacks since fighting restarted this week.
Doha said they marked a “dangerous escalation” as Oman condemned the strikes on its territory, which took place just hours after talks with Iran aimed at reducing tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranian attacks were carried out after the US launched some 140 strikes on Saturday evening in response to further assaults by Tehran on commercial shipping in the waterway.
The latest round of fighting was triggered earlier this week by Iranian strikes on tankers attempting to transit the shipping lane. Tehran has argued that all commercial vessels must use routes approved by its authorities.
The White House has demanded that Iran publicly commit to ending attacks on commercial shipping, with Donald Trump saying the ceasefire between the two countries was “over”.
02:00pm
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Here is a summary of the day’s key events:
Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed “until further notice” after attacking commercial shipping and insisting vessels use routes approved by Tehran.
Iranian missile and drone strikes hit Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Oman, prompting furious condemnation from Gulf states and bringing the interim peace deal closer to collapse.
The Revolutionary Guard claimed to have struck US military and naval supply facilities in the region, including a refuelling installation at Oman’s port of Duqm used by American aircraft carrier groups.
01:52pm
Israeli attacks in Gaza kill five, says local health ministry
Israeli attacks killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said.
Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed 9-year-old Tala Abu Matar. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the girl’s death.
An airstrike at a metal foundry in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood killed four people. Witnesses said the site was hit with three Israeli missiles.
Israel’s military told Reuters it had struck “terrorist” infrastructure, without giving further details.
01:34pm
Oman summons Iranian ambassador
Oman on Sunday issued a formal protest to the Iranian ambassador following an attack on the country, state media reported, in a rare instance of it publicly accusing Tehran of targeting its territory.
“Oman expresses its profound dismay at these irresponsible acts, and underscores the imperative of adhering to the provisions of state sovereignty, good neighbourliness, non-interference in internal affairs,” the state news agency said in a post on social media, just a day after Oman hosted the Iranian foreign minister for talks on the Strait of Hormuz.
01:33pm
US military ‘positioned and prepared’ to reopen Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is open to all vessels and U.S. military forces are “positioned and prepared” to ensure freedom of navigation, U.S. Central Command said on Sunday, a day after US and Iranian forces exchanged fire and Iran said it had closed the vital waterway.
01:32pm
Oman rescues 23 sailors from vessel struck by Iranian missile
Oman said Sunday it had rescued 23 crew members from a commercial ship while one was missing after the vessel was struck off the Gulf sultanate’s eastern coast.
“Twenty-three crew members were rescued and provided with necessary medical care. Search operations are continuing for one crew member who remains missing,” Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said in a statement.
The agency said it had received a distress call from the Cypriot-flagged GFS Galaxy 4.4 nautical miles off the coast of Musandam Governorate.
12:43pm
Where is the new supreme leader?
Upon assuming the mantle of supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who the regime claims survived the obliterating attack on his father’s compound that also killed his wife and son, has disappeared from public view. No video. No audio. No appearance by the new supreme leader. In other words: no proof of life.
Until his father’s funeral, Mojtaba’s name had served as a form of political glue to prevent the regime’s oligarchic clans from tearing each other apart over power and resources – rather than ideology, which they are all aligned on. The various factions invoked his authority as a means of keeping rival clans in check, legitimising their actions, and preventing the regime’s internal power struggle from spilling into the open.
But this was all done on the assumed basis that the new supreme leader was alive, able and still in control. That assumption is now quietly shifting amongst the regime’s elite. While no one is willing to say it aloud, the possibility that the new supreme leader is either severely incapacitated or dead is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss.
Read more here.
12:12pm
Iraqi prime minister to visit Washington to sign gas deals
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will travel to Washington on Monday at the head of an official delegation after an official invitation, government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi said in a press conference on Sunday.
“The agreements to be signed will include several memorandums of understanding in the oil and gas sector as Iraq prepares to bring in various US companies that will provide momentum to increase oil production capacity,” Mr al-Aboudi said.
12:09pm
Overnight US strikes killed Iranian soldier: media
Overnight US strikes on Iran killed one soldier, Iranian media reported Sunday after fighting resumed between the foes.
“Lieutenant Hamidreza Dehghani, of the navy of the Islamic republic’s armed forces, was martyred during the criminal, terrorist attack last night by the United States on the port of Jask” in southern Iran, the Mehr and Tasnim news agencies said, citing a local official.
12:04pm
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11:27am
Five Arab state attacked in largest Iranian assault in weeks
Iran’s overnight missile and drone strikes hit Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE and Oman, marking the most widespread attacks Tehran has launched against its neighbours in weeks.
The strike on Qatar targeted one of the Gulf’s most influential states and a key mediator in the current peace talks.
11:07am
Hormuz ‘more important than dozens of nuclear bombs’, says Iranian aide
An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz was more important than “dozens of atomic bombs”, vowing to protect the vital waterway.
“This strategic passage is more important than dozens of atomic bombs, and the Islamic Republic of Iran will protect it,” Mohsen Rezaee was quoted by the ISNA news agency as saying.
Western countries accuse Iran of seeking to create an atomic bomb, but Tehran has insisted its nuclear programme is for peaceful, civilian purposes.
11:05am
Qatar says it has right to respond to ‘flagrant violation of sovereignty’
Qatar has said it reserves the right to “respond” after Iran attacked its territory with missiles overnight.
The Qatari foreign ministry said: “The continuation of these aggressions represents a dangerous escalation that will complicate efforts aimed at containing tensions, [and] undermine political and diplomatic endeavours aimed at achieving security and stability.”
The statement said Qatar held Iran “fully legally responsible for these aggressions and all their repercussions”.
The attacks were a “flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of the country and a “blatant breach of international law,” it added.
10:22am
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Iranian newspaper publishes ‘kill list’ of foreign leaders
A conservative newspaper in Iran has published a list of people to be targeted as revenge for the killing of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, including the leaders of the US, Israel and European countries.
US-Israeli strikes killed the late ayatollah on February 28th and his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed revenge.
“Vengeance is the will of our nation and must inevitably be carried out,” Mojtaba said on Saturday in his first message since his father’s funeral this week.
“These criminals, whose names appear on a list, will take to their graves the wish of a peaceful death in their beds.”
The Hamshahri newspaper, which is published by authorities in the Iranian capital, released an infographic online late Saturday featuring photos of 13 foreign leaders alongside Mojtaba’s statement.
The supreme leader in his message said Iran had compiled a list of individuals to be targeted, but did not offer names, and there was no suggestion the newspaper’s list was officially endorsed.
The infographic includes US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, among others.
09:59am
Graham was ‘steadfast friend’ of Iranian people, says son of Shah
Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last shah, has expressed his sadness at the death of Lindsey Graham.
Mr Pahlavi said he was “deeply saddened” by the loss of a “steadfast friend of the Iranian people and a proud defender of freedom”.
“When friends were seldom found, he stood alongside the people of Iran in their struggle against tyranny,” Mr Pahlavi wrote on X.
Mr Graham died on Saturday after what his office described as a “brief and sudden illness”.
09:26am
Oman confirms that it was targetted with Iranian drones
The Omani state news agency said drones struck sites in northeastern Oman in the region that sits on the Strait of Hormuz.
The Oman News Agency said on X that “the Sultanate of Oman affirms its condemnation and denunciation of this attack”, which came just hours after the country hosted Iran’s foreign minister to address security issues in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran had previously claimed attacks on Oman, which the sultanate did not acknowledge.
09:19am
One Indian sailor missing after attack on cargo ship
India said on Sunday that 11 of its nationals were on a vessel that was struck in waters east of Oman as Iran.
“Of the 11 Indian nationals on board, 10 have been rescued so far, while one Indian national is reportedly missing,” the Indian foreign ministry said in a statement.
Search-and-rescue operations were underway after the commercial vessel, GFS Galaxy, was attacked off the coast of Oman early on Sunday, the ministry statement said.
The US has accused Iran of attacking the ship.
The Indian foreign ministry said the attacks on commercial shipping in the region were “deeply worrisome”.
“The targeting of commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end,” it said.
08:17am
Era of one-sided deals is over, says top Iranian negotiator
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament and the country’s top negotiator during the peace talks, said his country would not accept one-sided peace deals, adding that “reality is knocking”.
“The era of one-sided deals is over. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking,” Mr Ghalibaf wrote on X.
In the post, he highlighted a section of the interim peace agreement stating that “Iran will make arrangements” for the safe passage of commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
08:12am
Pakistan calls for restraint
Pakistan’s top diplomat called for “de-escalation” and for parties in the Iran conflict to “show restraint” during a phone call with his Iranian counterpart on Sunday, a foreign ministry statement said.
“Both leaders exchanged views on the evolving regional situation,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement after the call between Ishaq Dar and Abbas Araghchi.
Dar “further underscored that dialogue and diplomacy remain the only viable path to resolving disputes and achieving lasting peace and stability in the region”, it said.
08:10am
Strait of Hormuz is ‘closed until further notice,’ says Iran
Iran struck a Cyprus-flagged container ship leading to “significant engine room damage” and a missing civilian crew member, the US military said early on Sunday morning.
According to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre, the ship was travelling on a route that hugs the coast of Oman, a passage that avoids Iran’s territorial waters.
The ship’s crew abandoned the vessel as it was ablaze, the centre said.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said multiple vessels “disregarded our warnings and instructions to correct their course and proceed along the approved route.” One of them “was struck by a warning shot and brought to a stop.”
Iran said that the strait would remain closed “until further notice” and said it would consider targeting “additional enemy bases in the region” if it faced more attacks.
08:05am
Iran hits Gulf states including UAE
Missile alerts sounded across several Gulf Arab nations on Sunday morning.
Qatar’s military said in a statement it intercepted incoming Iranian fire, with explosions heard in neighbouring United Arab Emirates.
Three people, including a child, were wounded as a result of falling shrapnel from the interception of Iranian attacks, Qatar’s Interior Ministry said.
Meanwhile, missile alerts sounded for the third time on Sunday in Bahrain, an island kingdom in the Persian Gulf home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet.
Kuwait’s military also said it was intercepting incoming fire.
It wasn’t immediately clear what locations were under attack in the UAE, which so far hadn’t been targeted in the latest round of attacks by Iran.
07:51am
US says it struck 140 targets inside Iran on Saturday
US forces hit approximately 140 Iranian military targets on Saturday, the US Central Command said.
The targets included Iranian missile and drone sites, naval assets, ammunition storage facilities, communication networks, and coastal surveillance locations.
The US justified the attack as a response to a “blatant attack” by Iran on commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, had warned on X that Iran “made a poor choice. Now they pay.”
A projectile falls at an unknown location, following what U.S. Central Command said were strikes on Iranian military targets on July 11th. - via REUTERS
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