US CENTCOM announces renewed wave of strikes against Iran

US CENTCOM announces renewed wave of strikes against Iran

GOLDIE KATZ

US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that American forces have initiated strikes against Iran in the early morning hours of Monday.

In a statement on X/Twitter, CENTCOM stated that the strikes are intended to degrade Iran’s “ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”

A CENTCOM spokesperson told CNN that US aircraft had so far successfully shot down an Iranian cruise missile and a one-way attack drone. The spokesperson added that within the past hour, Iran fired at a commercial shipin the Strait of Hormuz.

Several explosions were heard in Iranian cities, including Sirik and Bandar Abbas, shortly after midnight on Monday, according to Iranian state media reports.

CENTCOM hit 140 Iranian targets during Sunday strikes

The US carries out similar strikes on Iran in the early morning hours on Sunday, hitting approximately 140 Iranian military targets, according to a CENTCOM statement.

Sunday’s strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone sites, ammunition storage facilities, communications, and coastal surveillance locations using precise munitions.

According to CENTCOM, the strikes were initiated for the purpose of “holding Iranian forces” for the attack of a commercial vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

US Engaged In Sustained Attack Waves On Iran As Trump Boasts 'We Bombed The Hell Out Of Them'

TYLER DURDEN

update(1745ET): The Pentagon has confirmed late in the day Sunday that US forces have continues launching more strikes on Iran throughout the day, describing that the latest wave of strikes are aimed to "degrade Iran's ability to attack civilian mariners."

US Central Command has been providing more frequent updates throughout the day, as the conflict intensifies. "At 5 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz," it stated. "The Commander in Chief has directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable." According to some emerging targeting info:

• Explosions have also been heard in Iran’s Qeshm Island as well as Jask, state TV is reporting.
• Iran’s state TV is reporting explosions near Sirik and west of Bandar Abbas.
• CNN: Within past hour, IRGC fired at commercial shipping
• Trump was on NBC’s Meet the Press a few hours ago, and described Saturday’s US strikes on the Iranian military by saying, “We bombed the hell out of them.”

And more of the latest from Trump:

Also Sunday, President Donald Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the strait was open to commercial traffic.

“It’s open. We bombed the hell out of them last night. They’re very, very evil and sick people,” Trump said. He said that the Iranians agreed to “a perfect deal for us” the day prior — “no nuclear, no this, no that, no nothing. They gave up everything.”

“And then after that, they left the room. And then within an hour, they launched a drone at a ship,” Trump said.

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake jolts Southern California

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake jolts Southern California

Olivia Stephens

 A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled residents across Southern California early Sunday morning, with hundreds reportedly feeling tremors.

The U.S. Geological Survey said that the earthquake struck at 3:38 a.m. PDT (10:38 UTC) about 1.2 miles east-southeast of Frazier Park at a depth of about 8 miles.

So far, the USGS says light to weak shaking was felt from Kern County southward through Ventura and Los Angeles counties.

Russia Unleashes Biggest Missile-Drone Salvo Of The War On Kyiv — 68 Missiles, 351 Drones

Russia Unleashes Biggest Missile-Drone Salvo Of The War On Kyiv — 68 Missiles, 351 Drones — As Zelensky Orders 40-Day Escalation

CDM European Staff

Russia launched its single largest missile-and-drone attack of the war against Ukraine in the early hours of Sunday, July 12, striking Kyiv and multiple other cities with 68 missiles and 351 strike drones in what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as a "massive Russian attack." Apartment buildings, offices, and a theological school were damaged in the capital. Air defenses downed most of the targets — but not the ballistic missiles, Zelensky acknowledged, underscoring a gap in Ukraine’s air shield that has persisted for months.

The overnight barrage — confirmed by Ukraine’s Air Force — dwarfed the 12 missiles and 121 drones that struck on July 10-11. Recovery operations were under way Sunday morning across Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Sumy oblasts. Moscow Times reported at least 8 dead and dozens wounded. Ukraine’s official figures — which CDM notes should be treated skeptically, as both sides routinely manage casualty optics — put the death toll at a similar range.

Hours before the attack, Zelensky posted on X that he had ordered a "40-day influence operation" — widely interpreted by analysts as a structured escalation of Ukrainian long-range drone and missile strikes deep into Russian territory. Ukraine has already struck the Syzran refinery 800 kilometers inside Russia, burned 76 Russian vessels in a week, and hit the Blue Stream pipeline. The 40-day signal suggests Kyiv intends to intensify this pressure campaign rather than wait for Western arms decisions or ceasefire diplomacy.

CDM read: The sheer scale of Sunday’s Russian strike — more than tripling the previous night’s barrage — suggests Moscow may be attempting to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses before Kyiv’s Patriot manufacturing license (granted at the Ankara summit) can produce interceptors at scale. The 40-day Ukrainian escalation order, meanwhile, signals that Zelensky sees long-range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure as his primary leverage — not territory, which continues to erode near Kostiantynivka.

US military confirms beginning a new wave of strikes in Iran

US military confirms beginning a new wave of strikes in Iran

AGENCIES and TOI STAFF

The United States military confirms that it has begun carrying out a new wake of strikes against targets in Iran, after Tehran earlier struck sites in the Gulf amid an escalation in the region and a fight over control of the Strait of Hormuz. 

The US Central Command writes on X that it has begun “launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Commander in Chief has directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable.”

Iran’s state TV reported explosions heard in a number of locations in the country, including Qeshm, Jask, Sirik and Bandar Abbas.

1984 has arrived, and fed-up Americans are now fighting back

'Get the Flock Out': 1984 has arrived, and fed-up Americans are now fighting back

Francis Kapper

A new battlefront has opened in the American war against robot surveillance.

An increasingly popular social media trend is to post videos on social media showing the destruction of Flock AI (artificial intelligence) surveillance cameras. The cameras have attracted the ire of Americans and legislators who are concerned about privacy and civil liberties.

The cameras have been illegally used by law enforcement to stalk estranged wives and ex-girlfriends, as well as in the dissemination of wrongful criminal accusations.

The Flock cameras are poles that contain AI-powered cameras and sensors, which allow law enforcement to track and monitor the movement of people and vehicles on foot and in traffic in American cities. The purpose of this surveillance technology is allegedly to prevent crime, but critics have argued that this is an intensification of the American surveillance state.

The videos on social media depict vigilantes cutting down the cameras with angle grinders, smashing them and throwing them in the garbage.

The American vigilantes are not alone in their fight against the technology, which has increasingly been characterized as Orwellian. Videos on social media from the United Kingdom depict similar scenes of the AI-powered surveillance devices being smashed, cut down or covered in paint.

Flock cameras are often placed on bike paths, nature trails, public parks, wilderness areas, community pools, reproductive clinics, schools, state park entrances, gyms and even in a children's gymnastics room, according to an X post from Free Thought Project reporter Jason Bassler.

In Colorado, Police Sgt. Jamie Milliman used a Flock camera to make a false accusation against a woman, claiming she stole a $25 package, the Colorado Sun reported on Nov. 11, 2025.

The opposition to Flock cameras extends beyond public outrage. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie openly expressed their concerns surrounding AI-powered surveillance devices.

"If you want to spy on Americans, get a warrant," Boebert said in an X post on April 23.

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