USA and Iran launch new attacks in the Gulf region

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USA and Iran launch new attacks in the Gulf region

Tit for tat? According to US information, Iran shoots down a military helicopter. Air strikes on targets in Iran follow. Tehran, in turn, is attacking Gulf states. Can the ceasefire stand this?

The US and Iran have again attacked each other in the Gulf region despite a ceasefire and ongoing negotiations to end the war. In response to the shooting down of a US military helicopter, the US military in Iran bombed air defense systems, ground control stations and radar systems in the area of ​​the Strait of Hormuz, as the responsible regional command Centcom announced on X. According to Iranian media, Tehran then attacked US bases in the Gulf region and in Jordan, including with ballistic missiles. Kuwait’s air defense was deployed, according to the army. Sirens were ringing again in Bahrain.

The US military spoke of a “proportionate” response to the Iranian shooting down of the Apache attack helicopter off the coast of Oman. The US armed forces are ready to continue to defend themselves against “unjustified Iranian aggression,” Centcom said. US President Donald Trump had previously blamed Iran for shooting down the helicopter and promised retaliation. He later spoke of a “very strong, very powerful” response to Iran’s actions.

According to US media reports, the attacks in Iran occurred in three waves and targeted around 20 targets. Iranian media reported, among other things, explosions in the city of Sirik on the Strait of Hormuz and on the island of Qeshm. There were also reports of impacts in the area of ​​the large city of Bandar Abbas. According to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, two water tanks in a district of Sirik were hit and the drinking water supply there was interrupted.

The US military spoke of “self-defense”, while Iran’s military spoke of a “flimsy” pretext. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi promptly threatened the USA with counterattacks in response to the bombing. “Our powerful armed forces will leave no attack or threat unanswered,” he wrote on

A short time later, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards – the Islamic Republic’s elite military force – carried out a drone attack on the US Navy’s Middle East headquarters in Bahrain, according to Iranian media. It was also said that a base in Jordan was attacked. The Arabic broadcaster Al Jazeera reported early in the morning, citing the Jordanian military, that five Iranian missiles had been intercepted. None of this information could initially be independently verified. Meanwhile, early in the morning the sirens shrilled again in Bahrain.