A large banner depicting symbolic photos of Iran’s late and present Supreme Leaders, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed on an avenue in Tehran, Iran, on July 16, 2026, amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the US.
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Iran on Friday claimed it had focused U.S. navy forces in Syria and Bahrain, widening its assaults within the area because the U.S. accomplished its sixth consecutive night time of strikes on the Islamic Republic.
The escalating standoff comes as the delicate truce signed by the U.S. and Iran final month confirmed additional indicators of unravelling. The interim settlement was meant to reopen the strategically important Strait of Hormuz and cease the preventing.
U.S. Central Command mentioned in a single day that it had accomplished its newest main wave of strikes towards Iran, hitting dozens of navy targets, together with air defenses, logistics infrastructure and maritime capabilities.
In a social media put up, Centcom mentioned greater than 50,000 service members had been working throughout the Center East, including that they “stay vigilant, deadly, and prepared.”
Iranian state media mentioned the U.S. air assaults in a single day had killed eight individuals and wounded 20, reportedly alleging that American strikes had hit civilian infrastructure, together with bridges, a practice station and an airport. CNBC couldn’t independently confirm the report.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, in the meantime, mentioned that they attacked a U.S. command middle in Syria’s al-Tanf area, in response to state media. There was no instant remark from the U.S. navy or the Syrian authorities.
The U.S. navy mentioned in February that it had accomplished the withdrawal of forces from the strategic al-Tanf navy base, which sits close to the Syrian border with Iraq and Jordan.
Syria has sought to keep away from being drawn into regional hostilities, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa telling a Chatham Home occasion in March that the nation would “stay outdoors” the battle until it’s subjected to direct assaults.
Air raid sirens had been activated in Bahrain in a single day, with the nation’s Defence Pressure saying it had intercepted a number of aerial assaults from Iran. The alert adopted a declare by Iran that it had focused U.S. plane on the Sakhir airbase in Bahrain.
Elsewhere, Kuwait’s Protection Ministry mentioned it was responding to Iranian missile and drone assaults. Jordan and Qatar each mentioned they’d intercepted Iranian missiles.
Trump: ‘We’re likewise successful massive in Iran’
U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted the battle with Iran goes properly, saying Thursday in a primetime tackle to the American public: “We’re likewise successful massive in Iran, and you will notice the fruits of that labor very, very shortly.”
The U.S. president had threatened to strike Iran’s bridges and energy vegetation subsequent week if the nation refused to return to the negotiating desk.
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White Home in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026.
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Oil costs had been larger on Friday morning, firmly on observe to register bumper weekly features.
Worldwide benchmark Brent crude futures with September supply superior 0.5% to commerce at $84.67 per barrel, paring features from earlier within the session.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures with August supply gained 0.9% to commerce at $79.66, having settled at its highest stage since June 15 on Thursday.
Each oil contracts are up greater than 11% up to now this week and on observe for his or her greatest weekly efficiency since late April.
