Iran war news LIVE: Major escalation in conflict as US completes strikes, Iran hits back; 5 killed at wedding
Iran war news LIVE: US Central Command on Tuesday said it targeted “air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites” associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Iran war news LIVE: The United States and Iran have once again intensified their attacks with the US military saying it carried out a fresh wave of strikes and the Iranians saying they have retaliated....Read More
US Central Command on Tuesday said it targeted “air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites” associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
It added that the strikes followed a recent attack by IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members
“The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members,” Central Command added in the statement posted on X.
At least five people were killed and 50 were injured at a residential home in Kuhestak, Sirik, a coastal area on the Strait of Hormuz.
A 4-year-old child was reportedly among those killed, while the IRNA news agency, citing a provincial official, put the number of wounded at 68.
Iran's foreign ministry condemned the killing and said that the cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that happened before. “This cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it in #Minab, #Lamerd, Qeshm and elsewhere nor from the strikes on military targets that were dressed in deceptive justifications,” Esmaeil Baqaei said.
Trump's stark warning
US President Donald Trump said the strikes were in retaliation for Iran trying to put mines in the strait and for an earlier assault on a military base and warned of more attacks if Tehran responded, Bloomberg reported.
He warned Iran that “very little will be left of the nation," if it chooses to retaliate to the fresh US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz. The US president also claimed that Washington was in “almost total control” of the key maritime route, while adding that the Iranian economy was “collapsing” due to America's sanctions and “economic D-day” approach to the war.
“If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Iran retaliates
Iran launched strikes on Wednesday targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan after vowing "severe punishment" in response to US attacks, including one that the Iranian Red Crescent said left four people dead at a wedding celebration, AFP reported.
US Marine Corps base Camp Titin in Jordan was targeted for an "intense ballistic missile attack", Iran's Revolutionary Guards said early Wednesday, according to Iranian news outlet Tasnim.
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- 2 Sept 2026, 08:37:43 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Iran condemns killing of five at wedding in Sirik
The United States’ catalogue of atrocities against the nation of Iran is now complete: a residential home in Kuhestak, #Sirik, was brutally attacked tonight while families were celebrating a wedding. More than 50 innocent men, women and children were martyred or wounded.
— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) September 1, 2026
This…Iran war LIVE updates: Iran on Wednesday condemned the killing of five people at a wedding in a residential home in Kuhestak, Sirik and said that the cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that happened before.
Iran's foreign ministry of spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, in a post on X said, “The United States’ catalogue of atrocities against the nation of Iran is now complete: a residential home in Kuhestak, #Sirik, was brutally attacked tonight while families were celebrating a wedding. More than 50 innocent men, women and children were martyred or wounded.”
"This cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it in #Minab, #Lamerd, Qeshm and elsewhere nor from the strikes on military targets that were dressed in deceptive justifications."
- 2 Sept 2026, 08:15:59 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Iran vows to retaliate
Iran war LIVE updates: Iran’s Armed Forces Central Headquarters said Iran would “deliver crushing and devastating blows” against the “American enemy,” CNN reported, citing state broadcaster IRIB.
“The more the US military persists in its aggression in the region, the greater and heavier the losses it will have to endure,” it said.
Iran said on Tuesday that it had launched missiles toward Jordan and released video that it said showed the launches, according to CNN.
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- 2 Sept 2026, 08:10:55 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Two oil supertankers hit by projectiles in Hormuz, Marisks says
Iran war LIVE updates: Two oil supertankers were struck by unknown projectiles in quick succession while transiting the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz chokepoint, maritime security consultant Marisks said, Bloomberg reported.
The very large crude carrier Sidr, run by Saudi Arabia’s Bahri shipping company, was hit while sailing northeast of Khasab, Oman, the consultant said. The Senegal Prosperity, operated by Sinokor, was struck by three projectiles while traveling east of the same country, it said. Both were exiting the Persian Gulf, according to Marisks.
- 2 Sept 2026, 07:55:57 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Trump warns Iran against responding to Tuesday's attack
Iran war LIVE updates: United States President Donald Trump has warned Iran that “very little will be left of the nation," if it chooses to retaliate to the fresh US strikes near the Strait of Hormuz.
Following the fresh US attack, Iran launched counterstrikes at the US military base in Jordan, prompting Trump to issue another stark warning.
“If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The US president also claimed that Washington was in “almost total control” of the key maritime route, while adding that the Iranian economy was “collapsing” due to America's sanctions and “economic D-day” approach to the war.
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- 2 Sept 2026, 07:54:48 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Why did US attack Iran?
Iran war LIVE updates: The US said Iran was trying to launch sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz.
“The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region,” CENTCOM said in a post.
- 2 Sept 2026, 07:49:59 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Fresh strikes come as war escalated on Monday
Iran war LIVE updates: The latest strikes between the two countries come after US and Iran traded attacks overnight into Monday — marking the first exchange of fire between the two countries in over a month.
Iran said it fired missiles toward US military targets in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for a US strike on Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island.
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- 2 Sept 2026, 07:47:13 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: US completes fresh strikes on Iran
Iran war LIVE updates: The United States military on Tuesday said it completed fresh strikes on Iran, saying it struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets as the Iran war escalated following a weekend exchange of fire.
U.S. forces struck IRGC targets "including air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites," the U.S. Central Command said on X.
An Axios report, citing U.S. officials, said the U.S. military attacked two Iranian government tankers in Tuesday's strikes.
- 2 Sept 2026, 07:45:11 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: US strikes kills five, injures 50 at wedding near Sirik
Iran war LIVE updates: A US strike on Iran on Tuesday killed at least five and injured 50 people at a wedding near Sirik, a coastal area on the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported, citing Iranian Red Crescent reported.
The Mehr news agency said a 4-year-old child was among those killed, while the IRNA news agency, citing a provincial official, put the number of wounded at 68.
US officials have yet to comment on the incident.
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- 2 Sept 2026, 07:39:58 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz stays below 10-day average, data shows
Iran war LIVE updates: Four commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from ten a day earlier and below the 10-day average of around 13, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
The four vessels that transited were one very large crude carrier, one Panamax tanker, one Kamsarmax carrier and one intermediate tanker, initial data from shiptracker Kpler showed at 0200 GMT.
The figures could change as some ships typically switch off transponders during the voyage.
- 2 Sept 2026, 07:36:28 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: US completes fresh strikes; Trump says Tehran's economy 'totally collapsing'
Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is not trying to force Iran back to the negotiating table, which is said is “worthless” for Tehran.
He added that he likes his new position better, where Iran's economy is “totally collapsing” and the US has “almost total control” over Strait of Hormuz.
“They are just playing out the inevitable. When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?,” he wrote on Truth Social.
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- 2 Sept 2026, 07:19:03 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: Peru cuts ties with Tehran over escalating war
Iran war LIVE updates: Peru cuts ties with Iran, accusing Tehran of escalating Mideast war: foreign ministry
- 2 Sept 2026, 07:07:45 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: IRGC says it targeting US bases in Erbil
Iran war LIVE updates: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that they struck US bases with missiles and drones in Erbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, AFP reported, citing Iranian state media.
The Guards said they "carried out a coordinated missile and drone attack on US bases in Erbil" that destroyed a maintenance centre, warehouses and the "guidance system of a US surveillance aerostat", according to a statement carried by the state-run IRNA.
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- 2 Sept 2026, 07:01:47 AM IST
Iran war LIVE updates: US attacked 2 Iranian govt tankers, says report
Iran war LIVE updates: The US military attacked two Iranian government tankers as part of the round of strikes that took place on Tuesday, Axios reported, citing US officials.
This is the first time the US military has struck Iranian tankers in retaliation for Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz — rather than to prevent them from violating the naval blockade.