US-Iran war highlights: Both parties to ‘halt strikes' and meet Tuesday in Qatar over Hormuz reopening

Iran-US war LIVE: Iran has said that it is determined to defend sovereignty against US aggression. This comes amid renewed US-Iran tensions and Trump's threat that the US would destroy Iran.

Iran-US war LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the newly announced US-mediated framework agreement with Lebanon as a turning point that effectively sidelines Tehran, calling it a "massive blow to Iran and Hezbollah."

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, the PM Netanyahu thanked the US leadership for mediating the agreement and also extended greetings to the Lebanese government and public for showing "great courage." He also hailed the Israeli Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, for truthfully representing Israel's expectations from the accord.

In a post on X, the Israeli PM shared his address and wrote, "Dear citizens of Israel, yesterday before the start of the Sabbath, we achieved a historic accomplishment for the State of Israel. Following direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, mediated by the US, we have reached a framework of understandings that allows us to move forward toward ending the conflict, and, G-d willing, eventually reaching a peace agreement between the two countries."

"I thank President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio for their involvement, their contribution, and for achieving these understandings. I thank the government of Lebanon and the people of Lebanon; they showed great courage. I thank Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, and our team, they faithfully represented Israel in the talks," he added.

Netanyahu further argued that the agreement sends a clear message that Iran has no role in the future of Lebanon's security. He emphasised that the deal was secured precisely because Israel crippled Hezbollah's military capabilities and pressured Iran directly, rendering the "axis of terror" unable to intervene or assist its proxies.

Iran-US war LIVE: Kuwait has condemned the latest Iranian attacks on its territory after Iran strikes on Sunday. Bahrain also came under Iran attack following US strikes on Iran.

Iran-US war LIVE: The IRGC has threatened to react more ‘forecefully’ to any further ceasfire violation by the US.

Iran-US war LIVE: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and his US counterpart Donald Trump held a telephonic conversation to discuss the recently signed Washington-brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel.

In a post on X, the Lebanese President said that during the call, Trump congratulated Aoun on the signing of the agreement, describing it as a vital step toward restoring security and stability in the region."President General Joseph Aoun received a phone call last night from U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he congratulated him on signing the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel under the auspices of the United States of America, affirming his country's support for Lebanon and the Lebanese people, and working to provide everything necessary to implement the agreement's provisions to restore security and stability to Lebanon," he wrote.

The US leader reaffirmed his administration's steadfast support for Lebanon's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the extension of state authority across all Lebanese lands through its national armed forces.

Iran-US war LIVE: The Israeli military said Sunday it killed several "armed terrorists" a day earlier in southern Syria.

"Yesterday (Saturday), IDF soldiers eliminated several armed terrorists in the Security Zone in southern Syria," it said in a statement.

The Israeli army has occupied what it calls a "security zone" in southern Syria since late 2024 and said it would remain in place there "in order to remove any threat to Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers".

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said earlier this month that it planned to keep its troops in Syria "for an unlimited period", as well as in Lebanon and Gaza.

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Iran-US war LIVE: Bahrain's air defences intercepted Iranian missiles and drones on Sunday, the Gulf kingdom's military said, after the US carried out new strikes against Iran.

The Bahraini military said it had "intercepted and destroyed a number of projectiles used in these treacherous Iranian attacks", adding that it was on "maximum alert".

Iran announced earlier that it had launched strikes against the US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain and another base in Kuwait, in retaliation for US strikes on its territory.

Iran-US war LIVE: Reiterating its control over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran said that ‘indiscriminate strikes’ by the US on Sirik ‘do not solve the mystery of its dominance over Hormuz.’

“But our strikes against violators serve as a clear reminder to the remaining vessels of the safe route for passage. As for the American bases in the region, that is a separate matter. They will experience hell in the coming days,” Iran said.

Iran-US war LIVE: Iran has threatened a “complete halt” to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.

Iran-US war LIVE: Iran foreign minister on Sunday left for Iraq's capital Baghdad for an official visit, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported. Araghchi is expected to meet senior officials to discuss bilateral issues and regional developments. His visit comes amid renewed US-Iran tensions, following fresh strikes.

Iran-US war LIVE: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday claimed it had destroyed eight US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain in a joint missile and drone operation, describing the strikes as retaliation for a second wave of US military attacks on Iranian targets.

In a statement carried by Iranian state media, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the IRGC's Public Relations department said its naval and aerospace forces launched ballistic missiles and drones between 2:00 am and 3:00 am local time, targeting the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters at Port Salman in Bahrain.

The IRGC said the operation was a "decisive response" to what it described as recent US aggression.

"Your zealous sons in the IRGC's naval and air forces, during a joint missile and drone operation at 2-3 am today, Sunday, July 27, destroyed eight important infrastructures of the child-killing US army at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait and the Fifth Naval Fleet in Port Salman, Bahrain, by launching ballistic missiles and drones at them and decisively responded to the recent US aggression," the statement said.

Iran-US war LIVE: Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Sunday said it had carried out overnight attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait and threatened a "complete halt" could come to talks with the US if America continues its attacks.

The Guard statement, carried by the state-run IRAN newspaper, represented the sharpest threat yet to talks over the interim deal struck between Iran and the US That created a 60-day window for the two countries to negotiate a permanent end to the war.

The Guard said it attacked the US Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, as well as Al Asad Air Base in Kuwait.

"Let the enemy know that violating the ceasefire ... will lead to a complete halt of ongoing processes," the Guard added.

Iran-US war LIVE: Iran said on Sunday that U.S. airstrikes targeted several monitoring and surveillance facilities on Iran's southern coast, calling the attacks a violation of an interim deal meant to end the four-month-old war between the two countries.

"These brutal attacks ... show that the U.S. does not place the slightest value and credibility on its commitments, and breaking promises is part of its nature," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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Iran-US war LIVE: The US military continued its aggression against Iran for the second day straight as it said on Saturday that it carried out strikes on 10 targets in Iran after attack on a commercial ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Iran's navy and aerospace forces launched a joint missile and drone operation targeting US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain.

The latest exchange of attacks risks escalating the conflict in West Asia once again, despite Iran and the United States reaching an interim agreement aimed at negotiating a final deal to end the war.

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Iran-US war LIVE: Iran foreign ministry condemned the US strikes on southern Iran and called it a violation of interim deal.

Iran-US war LIVE: Tehran hit both Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday after US strikes, underscoring rising tensions that threaten the interim deal between the two nations to stop the war.

The attack on Kuwait early Sunday was the first since the two sides signed a deal that aimed to halt fighting, and came as a multinational maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that it would expand a route near Oman in the strait to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic — likely setting up a new flashpoint with Tehran.

The Guards said in a statement U.S. strikes had violated the ceasefire and "will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes", according to state-run Press TV. American bases in the region "will experience hell in the coming days," the statement said.

Iran-US war LIVE: - Israeli military said on Sunday it killed Hezbollah militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and struck a rocket launcher in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon to remove threats to its soldiers.

The Israeli military said it struck the structure from which the militants operated and dismantled a rocket launcher that posed a threat.

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Iran-US war LIVE: Iran-US war LIVE: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran would "no longer exist" if the United States is "forced" to resume the war, as he accused Tehran of violating a ceasefire.

The threat came after US forces said they struck "multiple" Iranian targets Saturday in another tit-for-tat response to attacks on shipping in the vital Strait of Hormuz.

"United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!" Trump wrote.

Iran-US war LIVE: Since signing a 60-day truce last week, US President Donald Trump has said that he would resume military action against Iran if it violates the agreement’s terms, which provide for the flow of vessels through the vital strait and talks over its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

The two sides continue to clash over key provisions of the deal, including whether Iran will impose tolls or other monetary costs on ships seeking to sail through Hormuz. Oman told European officials that vessels may ultimately have to be charged some fees, Bloomberg reported earlier.

Trump’s decision to attack demonstrates that he’s willing to use military force to maintain freedom of navigation in the strait. But Iran’s strikes have shown that it’s seeking to maintain control of the waterway, which was largely shut after the war began on Feb. 28, becoming its greatest point of leverage with the US as it roiled the global economy.

Tehran has repeatedly said that ships can’t pass Hormuz without its permission, and a handful of tankers turned around early on Thursday after reportedly getting warnings from the Iranian Navy.

Iran-US war LIVE: The US Central Command said on Sunday that Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire pact following the fresh escalation.

"Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to," Central Command said in a statement, adding the strikes were "in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping" and targeted Iranian military surveillance, communications, air defence, drone storage and mine-laying facilities. Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said explosions were heard in Sirik in southern Iran, without providing further details. The Guards said "America's blind shots at Sirik will not resolve our dominance over the Strait of Hormuz. But our shots at violators will remind the rest of the vessels of the clear passage route."

Iran-US war LIVE: Iran's IRGC said in a statement US strikes had violated the ceasefire and "will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes", according to state-run Press TV. American bases in the region "will experience hell in the coming days," the statement said.

Iran-US war LIVE: Air raid sirens have once again been sounded across Bahrain as tensions between US and Iran escalate for second consecutive day.

Iran-US war LIVE: The US Central Command on Sunday released a video footage purportedly showing strikes on Iran. “US Navy and Air Force fighter jets conducted strikes tonight on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz for Iran's drone attack on M/T Kiku,” it said in a post.

Iran-US war LIVE: US Central Command, in a post to social media, said that US military aircraft targeted Iranian military "surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities" following an attack on a merchant vessel early on Saturday morning.

Iran-US war LIVE: Esmaeil Baqaei, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran on Sunday lashed out at Italy for claiming they never enabled the US for its war on Iran, but it provided 'technical and logistical' support.

Baqaei called it a blatant act of aggression and a serious violation of international law.

In a post on X, he said, "This is a glaring contradiction and a fellacious argument aimed at evading responsibility for complicity in a grave internationally wrongful act: publicly denying any aid or assistance to the aggressors, while openly acknowledging the "technical and logistical" support that enabled and facilitated the unlawful American-Israeli war of aggression against Iran. Providing 'technical and logistical' support to the aggressors constitutes nothing less than a clear and direct contribution to the commission of an illegal war of choice -- a blatant act of aggression and a serious violation of international law."