US-Iran news highlights: US launches airstrikes to ‘swiftly punish’ Iran after 2 servicemen's death in Jordan

US-Iran news LIVE: Explosions have been reported from Iran's Khorramabad, Al Jazeera reported citing Iranian media. The media has attributed the explosions to US missiles strikes from Kuwait.

US-Iran news LIVE: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has dismissed Tehran's claims that two oil tankers sustained damage from mine explosions while attempting to navigate the Strait of Hormuz.

In a post on X, CENTCOM asserted, “Like most IRGC claims, this is false.”

The denial followed assertions by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday (local time) that two oil tankers had exploded after striking mines within the critical maritime corridor.

The incident unfolds amidst an ongoing exchange of drone and missile strikes between the two nations.

US-Iran news LIVE: Jordan's armed forces intercepted 10 missiles from Iran on Saturday morning, Jordanian media reported.

US-Iran news LIVE: Iran said Saturday that two oil tankers transiting through the Strait of Hormuz hit mines and exploded, though the US military has disputed the claim.

US-Iran news LIVE: Senior military advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, Mohsen Rezaee, on Friday warned that Tehran could move beyond retaliatory strikes and launch what he described as a "full-scale invasion and annihilation" if the United States continues the ongoing conflict and military operation against the Islamic Republic following the collapse of the 14-point memorandum of understanding.

Rezaee, who is also a top official in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), issued the warning in a post on X, saying that both "diplomacy and negotiations" had ended and that further US military action could lead to a major escalation.

"Both diplomacy and negotiations, as well as war, are over; if America continues the war in the next 2-3 days, we will enter the stage of the enemy's 'full-scale invasion and annihilation'," Rezaee said.

He further warned that Iran would no longer limit its response to retaliatory actions if the conflict continued.

"In the event of activating this strategy, we will no longer settle for retaliation in kind, and no political border will provide security against Iran's offensive forces," he added.

US-Iran news LIVE: In response to US strikes, Iran launched missiles into US-allied nations in the Mideast, including Qatar, a mediator in the war, and Kuwait, where one of the desert nation’s water desalination plants was damaged.

The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait, and the collapse of an interim ceasefire leaves no clear end in sight for the war that began more than four months ago.

US-Iran news LIVE: The United States and Iran escalated their attacks across the Middle East on Friday, trading strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified.

The US expanded its attacks against Iran by hitting more bridges and energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, following through on President Donald Trump’s threats to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the waterway vital to world energy supplies.

US-Iran news LIVE: The US military has completed its seventh consecutive night of strikes against Iran, US Central Command said on Friday, adding that it targeted military logistics infrastructure and other sites.

"More than 50,000 American service members are operating across the Middle East and remain vigilant, lethal, and ready," CENTCOM said in a statement.

Iran also said that it targeted US military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain in a fresh wave of retaliatory attacks, hours after US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced its seventh consecutive night of strikes.

US-Iran news LIVE: Sirens went off in Bahrain as Iran and the US continued exchanging strikes in the Middle East for nearly a week now.