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Iran war

Week of Jul 20–26, 2026

27 entries, newest first, by day in U.S. Mountain Time.

Sunday, July 26, 2026

  1. Official

    Iran halts retaliatory attacks after two nights without U.S. strikes

    Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said that since the U.S. had stopped its attacks for two nights and Iran's strategy 'has essentially been retaliatory, we have also halted our retaliatory operations,' warning the conflict would widen if U.S. strikes resumed. CENTCOM said its blockade continues, having redirected 12 vessels, disabled two and boarded two, and U.S. envoy to the U.N. Mike Waltz said Trump was 'giving talks some space.'

    Associated Press, The Washington Post +6 more

Saturday, July 25, 2026

  1. Unverified

    Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on Aramco sites in Jizan and Yanbu

    Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group fired dozens of ballistic missiles and drones at 'sensitive Aramco facilities' in Jizan and ballistic and cruise missiles and drones at Aramco facilities in Yanbu, in response to the Saudi strikes on Hodeidah and Kamaran Island, and said the embargo on Saudi shipping stays in force. Saudi Arabia did not confirm any hits; its civil defense had sounded alerts in Yanbu and Jizan overnight.

    Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2) +2 more

  2. Confirmed

    Ukraine strikes a vessel it says carried military cargo for Iran; Tehran says a sailor died

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said long-range strikes in the Caspian Sea hit 'vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran.' Iran's foreign ministry said the attack caused an explosion on an Iranian commercial ship that killed one sailor and injured another, summoned Ukraine's charge d'affaires, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the attack 'cannot go unanswered.'

    CBS News, CBS News (2) +3 more

Friday, July 24, 2026

  2. Official

    Treasury sanctions 13 more parts of financier Babak Zanjani's Iran network

    OFAC designated four individuals and nine entities in Babak Zanjani's sanctions-evasion network, including his Iran-based 'Dot One' conglomerate and companies outside Iran supporting his already-sanctioned Zedcex and Zedxion digital asset exchanges. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the regime is paying 'a steep economic price' with the rial at another record low.

    U.S. Department of the Treasury, CBS News

  4. Official

    Trump says he takes Xi and Putin at their word that they are not arming Iran

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that Xi Jinping told him in Beijing in May that China would not 'under any circumstances' supply weapons to Iran and that Vladimir Putin said the same, adding, 'I take him at his word.' Later on Friday he said, 'I trust them,' though Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said China and Russia are 'enabling what Iran is doing' at different levels.

    CBS News Live Updates, Truth Social post +2 more

  5. Official

    Omani delegation arrives in Tehran for talks on managing Hormuz shipping traffic

    An Omani delegation arrived in Iran to discuss a framework 'to establish appropriate mechanisms for managing ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,' IRNA reported. Iran's foreign ministry said several rounds were held on Friday and Saturday with some progress and proposals exchanged, and two regional sources told CBS the talks were moving in a positive direction but needed more time.

    Al Jazeera, CBS News +1 more

  7. Official

    Araghchi warns countries that help U.S. attacks on Iran they will be held responsible

    Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers' meeting in Kyrgyzstan, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said 'any participation, cooperation or assistance in committing aggression against Iran will create international responsibility for the relevant parties,' and that Iran reserves the right to take all necessary measures in self-defence.

    CBS News, Al Jazeera +1 more

  8. Confirmed

    Iran fires missiles and drones at U.S. sites in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq

    After CENTCOM finished its 13th straight night of strikes, Iran's army said it sent drones at U.S. facilities at Isa Air Base in Bahrain, Al-Azraq in Jordan and camps in Kuwait, and the IRGC claimed a strike on Ali Al Salem Air Base. Jordan said it intercepted seven missiles and six drones with no casualties or damage, and Kurdish officials said coalition forces downed five explosive-laden drones over Erbil between 9:32 and 9:45 a.m.

    AP, Local10 +6 more

Thursday, July 23, 2026

  1. Reported

    NYT: Iran rejected a U.S. ceasefire offer carried by Iraq's premier; Baghdad denies mediating

    The New York Times reported, citing Iranian and Iraqi officials, that Iran turned down a U.S. ceasefire proposal delivered by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi during his July 23 visit to Tehran, because it did not settle control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iraq's prime minister's office called the report 'completely baseless,' and Iranian authorities did not confirm it.

    Anadolu Ajansı, Al Jazeera +2 more

  3. Official

    House votes 214-208 to direct an end to the Iran war; Senate blocks its version 49-47

    The House adopted Rep. Pramila Jayapal's resolution directing Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran without congressional authorization, with Republicans Tom Barrett, Brian Fitzpatrick, Warren Davidson and Thomas Massie voting yes. Later on Thursday the Senate voted 49-47 against advancing a similar Democratic resolution, so the measure cannot take effect.

    Reuters via Investing, Reuters via Investing (2) +2 more

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

  2. Reported

    Houthis claim missile and drone strikes on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea

    UKMTO said a tanker was struck by a projectile and caught fire about 70 nautical miles from Al Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia, with no casualties. The Houthis said they hit the Saudi tankers Encelia and Layla for breaking the maritime embargo they declared on July 20, and Saudi state media confirmed the Encelia, owned by a Saudi company, was hit and set on fire at the bow, with its crew safe.

    Al Jazeera, AP +5 more

  4. Official

    Trump vows to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship attack

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that from now on, any Iranian missile, rocket or drone attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz would bring U.S. strikes to 'bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT,' including in or near Tehran. A military source quoted by Tasnim replied that Iran would strike infrastructure and bridges across the region, including energy facilities in which the U.S. has interests; CENTCOM began a 12th straight night of strikes that evening.

    Associated Press, Reuters via Investing +5 more

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

  1. Official

    Pentagon says soldier missing after Jordan base strike is believed dead; U.S. toll 18

    The Defense Department said Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, missing since Iran's July 17 missile strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, is believed to have been killed. She is the third soldier believed killed in that attack; counting a soldier who died in Iraq while disposing of an Iranian drone, 18 U.S. service members are believed to have died in the war.

    Associated Press, CBS News +2 more

  2. Official

    Hegseth puts the cost of the Iran war at $37.5 billion as he seeks extra funding

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion, including expected costs such as troop pay through the end of the fiscal year, up from $29 billion in May. He and Gen. Dan Caine were defending the administration's request for supplemental war funding, and Hegseth acknowledged some Iranian missiles had survived because they are buried underground.

    CBS News, Al Jazeera +1 more

  3. Official

    Trump lets U.S. airlines fly directly to Lebanon after meeting Aoun

    Hours after hosting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House, Trump said on Truth Social he was directing his administration to allow all U.S. airlines to fly directly to Lebanon, a service first suspended in 1985. At the meeting Trump said he would speak to Hezbollah if Aoun wanted him to, and Aoun pressed for continued U.S. support for the Lebanese army, which is meant to disarm the group.

    AP, The Times of Israel +3 more

  4. Confirmed

    Lebanese army deploys to first 'pilot zone' village as Israeli troops pull back

    The Lebanese army said units began deploying on Tuesday morning to Zawtar al-Gharbiya in the Nabatieh region after Israeli forces withdrew, one of three 'pilot zone' villages with Froun and Srifa where the State Department said on Monday operations had begun under the U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited Zawtar the next day and said Beirut seeks a complete Israeli withdrawal from the south.

    AP, Al Jazeera +4 more

Monday, July 20, 2026

  1. Reported

    Mediators float a 10-day U.S.-Iran ceasefire to revive the Islamabad memorandum

    Mediators proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran that could put the June Islamabad memorandum back on track, according to reports cited by ING and Reuters. Iran's interior minister, Eskandar Momeni, carrying a letter from President Pezeshkian, met Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad the same day, and Pakistani officials expected Tehran's reply.

    Axios, Al Jazeera +2 more

  2. Confirmed

    Tanker Kaifan hit off Oman's Limah as its crew takes to a lifeboat; IRGC claims attack

    UKMTO said a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile about 8 nautical miles northeast of Limah, Oman, and that its crew abandoned the vessel into a lifeboat; the IMO later identified it as the Kaifan and recorded two seafarers injured. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said 'massive fires' broke out on two oil tankers that tried to use the southern route and warned that not a drop of oil would leave the region while U.S. attacks continued.

    Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2) +2 more

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