President Trump on Tuesday backtracked on his demand for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to pay the US a 20% fee, saying instead that he wants "trade and investment deals" from the Gulf Arab states. "Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East...
US Military Publishes Video of US Drone Boats Bombing Iranian Port of Bandar Abbas
US Central Command on Monday published a video that it said showed "multiple one-way attack surface drones" bombing the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, marking the first known time that the US has used kamikaze drone boats in combat. "Yesterday, using multiple one-way...
Trump Says US ‘Reinstating’ Blockade of Iranian Ports, Will Charge 20% Fee for Hormuz Strait Transit
Updated on July 13, 2026, at 2:43 pm EST President Trump on Monday said that the US was "reinstating" the blockade of Iranian ports and would also charge a 20% fee for all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, a declaration that came after US officials had...
Iran’s IRGC Claims Its Forces Destroyed US HIMARS Missile Launchers in Kuwait
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a statement on Sunday that its forces destroyed US HIMARS rocket systems in a drone attack on Kuwait as the US and Iran continue to trade strikes. The US used HIMARS rocket systems stationed in Gulf Arab...
Iranian Authority Says Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed as US Continues Strikes
Iran has reaffirmed that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to all traffic despite US claims to the contrary and US airstrikes against the country, which continued on Sunday. "Due to recent unlawful movements by United States military forces in the region, transit...
IDF Chief Tells Pilots To Expect ‘Major’ Israeli Operations Against Iran
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told a group of graduating Israeli pilots on Thursday that the war with Iran is "not over" and to expect "major operations" against the Islamic Republic. "On the drawing board are new plans. Major operations are still expected to lie...
Iran Targets US Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Jordan Following Major US Airstrikes
Iran's military on Thursday launched attacks on US bases across the region following a second round of major US airstrikes against Iran, as the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding to end the conflict has collapsed. According to Iran's PressTV, the Iranian army...
US Begins Bombing Iran for the Second Night
Updated on July 8, 2026, at 8:38 pm EST US Central Command said on Wednesday that the US started bombing Iran again, marking the second night of US strikes, which came after President Trump said the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding was "over" and threatened more...
Iranian Military Says US Strikes Killed Eight Iranian Soldiers
The Iranian military said in a statement on Wednesday that overnight US airstrikes on the Iranian coast killed at least eight Iranian soldiers, Iran's Mehr News Agency has reported. The US attacks on Iran that began after several commercial ships were hit by drones in...
Trump Says US-Iran MoU Is ‘Over,’ Calls Iranian Leadership ‘Scum’
President Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire and US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding are "over" and called Iranian leadership "scum" after the US bombed Iran again and the Iranian military hit back at US bases in the region. "To me, I think it's over. I don't...


