{"id":14065,"date":"2026-06-11T11:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=14065"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T11:32:35","slug":"iran-responds-to-a-second-day-of-us-strikes-by-firing-at-gulf-states-and-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=14065","title":{"rendered":"Iran responds to a second day of US strikes by firing at Gulf states and Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JON GAMBRELL, MICHELLE L. PRICE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 The U.S and Iran traded strikes for a second day, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war.<\/p>

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The American attack, which lasted into Thursday morning in Iran, appeared more intense and wider than the day before, but Tehran released little information on the extent of the damage. An Indian official said a U.S. attack on an oil tanker allegedly trying to violate Washington\u2019s blockade on Iranian ports killed three Indian mariners, underscoring the danger to seafarers.<\/p>\n

It was the third time this week that back-and-forth strikes have rattled the Middle East. The first involved attacks between Iran and Israel, followed by the two rounds of fire between the U.S. and Iran, which hit countries in the region that host American bases.<\/p>\n

The new exchange of fire came as efforts to negotiate an end to the war appeared stuck, with U.S. President Donald Trump warning that Tehran would \u201cpay the price\u201d for stalled negotiations. Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday that the U.S. attacks had \u201ceffectively rendered the ceasefire \u2026 meaningless,\u201d without saying it was abandoning it.<\/p>\n

Central to the negotiations is Iran\u2019s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, which has disrupted global energy supplies, driven up fuel prices and made food and other basics more expensive well beyond the region.<\/p>\n

Iran announced Thursday that the strait was closed \u2014 but it was unclear what that meant since it has severely restricted traffic through the waterway since early in the war and only a trickle of ships have gotten through. The U.S. military\u2019s Central Command disputed the claim \u2014 and Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has undertaken a secret mission in recent weeks to sneak ships through the passage.<\/p>\n

The two sides also remain at odds over Iran\u2019s nuclear program, which Tehran insists is peaceful but which the U.S. and Israel fear could be used to build an atomic weapon due to its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. The U.S. and Israel said a major reason they went to war on Feb. 28 was to ensure that Iran would never be able to do that.<\/p>

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    US strikes Iran and Iran fires back at Gulf states<\/h4>\n

    Central Command said its latest round of airstrikes came \u201cin response to Iran\u2019s unwarranted and continued aggression\u201d and targeted \u201cIranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems and air defense sites.\u201d It did not elaborate on the damage done by the strikes, which it said ended just before sunrise Thursday in Iran.<\/p>\n

    Explosions from the strikes echoed around Iran\u2019s capital, as well as the port city of Bandar Abbas and other southern areas along the Strait of Hormuz. Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard later said sites hit included a manufacturing complex, a military barracks and a local Guard base outside of Tehran.<\/p>\n

    Iran said it fired back at Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, as it had a day before.<\/p>\n

    Kuwait closed its airspace for several hours because of the attack, but did not elaborate on any damage. Jordan said it intercepted 20 Iranian missiles fired toward an area that is home to a base hosting U.S. troops, though no one was hurt.<\/p>

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    Bahrain\u2019s Interior Ministry said an 11-year-old girl was hurt and cars and homes were damaged by debris from interceptions responding to the Iranian attack.<\/p>\n

    Meanwhile, Israel warned residents in the country\u2019s north to seek shelter after the detection of suspected incoming fire from Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Iran-allied Hezbollah militant group.<\/p>\n