US-Iran Conflict Resumes Amid Airstrikes and Strait of Hormuz Clashes

The United States and Iran exchanged strikes on Thursday for the second consecutive day, battling over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran “over” but indicated that any strikes would conclude quickly.

US forces stated their latest attacks against Iran aimed at countering its ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, citing recent strikes against commercial ships. The US Central Command reported striking approximately 90 military targets, including missile and drone storage facilities and military logistics sites along Iran’s coastline. These strikes resulted in three deaths and several injuries on the outskirts of Ahvaz.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) retaliated by striking “key infrastructure and facilities” at US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain. The Iranian army later confirmed targeting sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar with one-way attack drones. Reports indicated blasts in Bahrain’s capital Manama, and Kuwait reported intercepting “hostile missile and drone attacks.” American strikes also hit a railway bridge in Iran’s northeast and a military base in coastal Bushehr.

Sources: Business Recorder

Iranian armed forces launched attacks on US military infrastructure in Gulf states on Thursday, July 9, 2026. This action followed US strikes on Iran’s southern coastal and eastern provinces, further straining a three-week-old ceasefire agreement.

Iranian media reported multiple explosions across southern Iran, including Bushehr, Konarak, Choghadak, and Bandar Abbas. The US military has not yet responded to these reports. These developments coincided with the burial of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Mashhad, who was killed in a US airstrike on February 28.

Earlier this week, attacks on Qatari and Saudi shipping vessels upended the fragile ceasefire, leading US President Donald Trump to declare the truce “over.” Iran’s Tehran-Mashhad railway was also suspended following the US strikes. The Revolutionary Guards Navy stated that US attacks and intervention in redirecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are disrupting the waterway’s slow reopening.

Pakistan News will update this story as more confirmed details become available.

Sources: Business Recorder

Reports indicate that Iran has retaliated following renewed attacks by the United States. This development suggests a violation of a ceasefire.

Sources: GEO