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Iran war

Week of Aug 10–16, 2026

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

Sunday, August 16, 2026

  1. Confirmed

    The 60-day window for a final U.S.-Iran deal under the June memorandum expires

    The 14-point memorandum signed in June set 60 days for a final deal to end the war; the window closed at midnight with nothing agreed, after Trump had declared the memorandum 'over' on July 8. Iran's foreign ministry said the deadline had 'no relevance' because the U.S. violated the deal soon after it was signed, and its legal chief Abbas Baqerpour said the memorandum was in a 'coma' but could be revived if Washington changed course.

    Reuters text of the 14-point memorandum, CNN live report on the expired window +6 more

  2. Official

    Trump orders a cut in U.S.-South Korea drills, citing Iran

    Trump wrote that he had ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to 'substantially reduce' the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises with South Korea, calling them costly and hostile toward North Korea, and added that South Korea had said 'No thanks!' when he asked it to join 'the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran.' He called the two issues 'somewhat unrelated.'

    Associated Press, Reuters +3 more

  3. Official

    KRG says drones hit Barzani's office; Iran calls it a false-flag ploy

    Iraq's Kurdistan counterterrorism service said drones launched from the Iranian border targeted Prime Minister Masrour Barzani's office and the home of the head of the Parastin intelligence agency, with no casualties. Barzani said the attacks were Iranian and a 'serious escalation'; Iran's foreign ministry called the incident 'highly suspicious' and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned of 'false-flag ploys.'

    Associated Press, CNN +2 more

  4. Official

    Iran's army chief offers $30,000 for killing or capturing a U.S. soldier

    Army chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami said at a ceremony in Tehran that anyone who kills or captures and hands over 'an invading American military personnel' will receive the equivalent of $30,000, or 5 billion tomans, doubled if the act is carried out by a woman. He also said U.S. forces will not be allowed back into the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman or the Strait of Hormuz, calling control of the strait a 'sacred' lever for ending the war.

    Islamic Republic News Agency, ABC News +4 more

Saturday, August 15, 2026

  1. Official

    Iran says Qatar has held three of its pilots since March; Qatar denies it

    Gen. Mohammad Bagherzadeh, who leads the Iranian armed forces' missing-persons committee, wrote to the Red Cross that Qatari forces captured three Iranian pilots, whom he named, after two Su-24 bombers were downed attacking the U.S. base at Al Udeid in March. Qatar's foreign ministry 'categorically' denied detaining them, said its search teams recovered remains and coordinated handing over one pilot's body, and said Iran never answered an April invitation to be briefed.

    Associated Press, CBS News +2 more

Friday, August 14, 2026

  1. Confirmed

    Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon, the deadliest day since the June truce

    Israeli dawn strikes on a house near Ansar and on Deir ez-Zahrani in the Nabatieh district killed at least 11 people, including women and children, and wounded 19, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Israel said it was responding to a Hezbollah explosive-drone attack that wounded three soldiers, and said it killed Radwan Force battalion commander Ali Samir al-Haj Hassan at Ansar; on Aug. 16 it said it had also killed Abu Hassan Alaa, a senior commander in Hezbollah's Badr unit.

    Associated Press, Associated Press (2) +10 more

  3. Official

    Iran says Hormuz 'cannot be seized by tweet' after Trump's territory remark

    Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote that the strait 'cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor by an election speech,' that it 'has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian,' and that it 'will only be closed and opened under Iran's command.' Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei called Trump's remark 'ravings.'

    Islamic Republic News Agency, Al Jazeera +2 more

  4. Official

    Trump says he will soon declare the Strait of Hormuz 'a territory of the United States'

    At a rally in Nassau County, New York, Trump said: 'After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,' and that 'no ships get through unless we want them to.' On gasoline, which averaged $4.07 a gallon, he said 'You're at $4. It's okay... I'll never apologize.'

    The Times of Israel, Fox News +4 more

  5. Official

    UKMTO reports a bulk carrier struck in the Strait of Hormuz

    UKMTO said an unknown projectile hit the hull of a bulk carrier in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday; the crew were reported safe, with no damage assessment and the environmental impact unknown. UKMTO said it had received 56 reports of damage to vessels in and near the strait since the war began on Feb. 28.

    CNN

  7. Confirmed

    Houthi missiles hit Yemen's Mokha port, killing several people; port suspends operations

    Yemen's government said the Houthis fired six ballistic missiles at Mokha port on Friday evening; a military official told AFP five hit commercial ships unloading there and six people were killed, while the port director put the toll at three, including two marines. The director said on Saturday that operations were suspended after more than 25 missiles in recent attacks caused about $16 million in losses.

    The Times of Israel, Associated Press +5 more

  8. Reported

    AP details Austria and Greece joining informal U.S.-Iran outreach

    AP reported that the Austrian and Greek foreign ministers spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi after separate contacts with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The State Department said Iran was discussed but denied asking either country to carry messages, so the contacts do not amount to formal mediation.

    Associated Press

  9. Official

    Trump says USS Lincoln's nine-month deployment is 'not nearly long enough' amid crew concerns

    Asked at Joint Base Andrews whether the carrier's deployment had lasted too long, Trump said 'Not nearly long enough' and that the ship was about to be replaced. A day earlier CENTCOM called reports that seven sailors died in a brawl aboard 'false,' saying no one aboard had died and a sailor who fell overboard on Aug. 3 was recovered; CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper visited the crew on Aug. 15.

    The Times of Israel, Associated Press +7 more

  10. Official

    Hezbollah's Qassem says the government is humiliating the army under the Israel framework

    Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said Lebanese authorities were exposing the army to 'ongoing humiliation' and Israeli pressure by implementing the June framework with Israel, rejected a proposed verification committee over the army's deployment, and said the authorities were 'targeting the resistance instead of targeting the enemy.' He again rejected the framework and Hezbollah's disarmament.

    The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera

  11. Confirmed

    Hormuz traffic falls to two ships on Friday as the U.S. says its blockade can last indefinitely

    Kpler counted two vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a grain ship entering Iranian waters and an empty bulk carrier leaving, with no crude shipments visible, after nine on Thursday against an August average of 12 and more than 130 a day before the war. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Navy could keep up the blockade of Iranian ports 'indefinitely.'

    The Times of Israel, CNBC +5 more

Thursday, August 13, 2026

  1. Confirmed

    UAE says Iran attacked three ADNOC-linked vessels in Hormuz in two days

    ADNOC said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, Aug. 13, with no injuries, and the UAE foreign ministry blamed a 'hostile Iranian attack,' calling it 'piracy' by the IRGC; UKMTO reported two drone strikes on outbound tankers with minor damage. On Friday evening ADNOC said a third vessel was attacked, which the UAE also blamed on Iran.

    Fox News, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs +7 more

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

  1. Official

    U.S. says it will complete its troop withdrawal from Iraq by Sept. 30

    After meeting CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said Sept. 30 is the 'fixed and final date' for ending the anti-ISIS coalition's mission and withdrawing its forces, and a U.S. official confirmed the U.S. expects to finish its pullout by then. U.S. forces now remain mainly in the Kurdistan region, where their bases have been attacked repeatedly since the war began.

    CBS News

  2. Official

    IEA sees 2026 oil demand falling 1.6 million barrels a day as Hormuz stays shut

    The International Energy Agency cut its 2026 forecast to a fall in global oil demand of 1.6 million barrels a day, from 1 million a month earlier, saying 'the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and elevated fuel prices continue to weigh on oil consumption.' It put July supply at 101.5 million barrels a day, still 6.3 million below pre-war levels.

    CBS News, CNN

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Monday, August 10, 2026

  1. Official

    U.S. extends its energy-shipping waiver for 90 days

    Trump extended for 90 days, from Aug. 17, the Jones Act waiver he first issued on March 17, letting foreign-flagged ships carry oil, fuels, fertilizer and related cargo between U.S. ports. Unlike earlier extensions it covers only energy and agricultural cargo, and the Pentagon will consult the Maritime Administration on which voyages qualify.

    Associated Press, CBS News

  3. Official

    Trump answers Iran's compensation demand with a U.S. compensation demand of his own

    After Iran's security council made war compensation a condition for reopening the strait, Trump wrote that he was 'likewise demanding compensation from Iran' for people killed and wounded by its 'roadside bombs,' the 17 sailors killed on the USS Cole and protesters killed in Iran, and later added damages in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Gaza. He said he had told his negotiators to put this 'firmly into any, and all, future negotiations.'

    Associated Press live report, Associated Press sanctions analysis +4 more

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