US Army crew members conduct flight checks on an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in the US Central Command Area of Responsibility, November 5, 2025
EA on International Outlets: Trump’s Failure After 100 Days of War on Iran
UPDATE 2119 GMT:
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says large parts of the framework deal with the US have been completed, but Tehran has not made a final decision on approval.
Baghaei emphasized that Iran will not compromise on its “red lines”, saying the Trump camp has repeatedly changed its position.
He pushed back Donald Trump’s claims, stating that reports regarding a time and place of signing the agreement remain speculative.
UPDATE 2100 GMT:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has emphasized that Israel “is not a party” to any memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.
Netanyahu spoke with Trump about the “emerging” document, expressing gratitude for Trump’s “commitment”.
UPDATE 1837 GMT:
Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority says today’s Iranian attack caused injuries and damage to radar facilities and air traffic management equipment at the Kuwait International Airport.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had hit 18 targets at US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation for American strikes.
UPDATE 1829 GMT:
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Qatari envoy Ali Al-Thawadi reportedly worked late into Wednesday night over an agreement that both Tehran and Washington could accept.
Key issues including the release of frozen Iranian assets, management of a reopened Strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s nuclear program.
However, the Revolutionary Guards-linked Fars says that — contrary to Donald Trump’s tweet — Iran has not yet agreed to any document or memorandum of understanding with the US.
A “senior Israeli official” said the Netanyahu Government has not been told about the prospective US-Iran deal.
UPDATE 1741 GMT:
Donald Trump has backed away from his threat of “scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening”.
Trump posted on social media that he “cancelled” the attacks because “discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved”.
He gave no details but blustered that “discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved”, including the US, Israel, the Gulf States, Turkey, Pakistan, Jordan, and Egypt.
UPDATE 1715 GMT:
Ten hospital staff have been wounded by an Israeli airstrike on Tyre in southern Lebanon.
Israel has hit all three of the city’s hospitals during its war in Lebanon since March 2.
The latest strike shattered windows and damaged cars parked in front of the hospital. It was the sixth time that the area had been targeted.
UPDATE 1141 GMT:
Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority has declared the Strait of Hormuz is “closed until further notice” because of US strikes.
”Applicants who have received a pass are asked to be patient and await further guidance from the PGSA,” the Authority said in a statement.
The governor of Sirik, in southern Iran on the Strait of Hormuz, accused the US of striking a cargo ship “carrying essential good” in the Gulf of Oman this morning.
He said the crew had been rescued and taken to Oman.
UPDATE 1137 GMT:
A tanker with 20 Indian crew members on board has been hit in a US strike off the coast of Oman.
The attack would be the third by American forces on a vessel with Indian crew this week.
All 20 crew are safe after the Guinea-Bissau flagged Jalveer sent a distress call amid a fire off Oman’s port of Shinas.
US Central Command claimed the ship was attempting to transport Iranian oil.
UPDATE 0638 GMT:
Three Indian seafarers have been killed after the US attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday night.
The victims are deck cadet Aditya Sharma, engineer fitter Shivanand Chaurasiya, and Chief Engineer Patnala Suresh, whose body was found early Thursday.
On Wednesday, India summoned US Deputy Chief of Mission Jason Meeks to lodged a “strong protest” over the strike on the Palau-flagged Settabello.
US Central Command acknoledged its strike on the tanker’s engine room as it transited the Gulf of Oman. CENTCOM claimed the vessel was carrying Iranian oil and the crew failed to comply with orders enforcing the US blockade on Iranian ports.
UPDATE, JUNE 11:
Iran has responded to US attacks with missile and drone launches on Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
The Revolutionary Guards Corps said they targeted US warplanes at al-Azraq airbase in Jordan with 12 ballistic missiles.
Kuwait said air defense systems intercepted “hostile aerial targets” as it temporarily closed its airspace and diverted some flights.
Air traffic later resumed, with the international airport working normally.
UPDATE 2236 GMT:
US Central Command has announced another set of strikes on multiple targets in Iran, beginning at 12:45 a.m. local time (2115 GMT).
Explosions are reported again on the Qeshm and Henham Islands and on the port cities of Sirik and Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, including near an airport and airbase.
Iranian state media claims Iran’s armed forces have targeted US ships near the Strait of Hormuz with missiles and drones.
UPDATE 1751 GMT:
India has summoned a senior US diplomat to protest a suspected American strike on a tanker off the coast of Oman.
Three Indian crew are missing from the Settebello vessel.
US Central Command said it disabled the Palau-flagged tanker as it was “attempting to transport oil from Iran”.
“A US aircraft fired precision munitions into the ship’s engine room after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces,” CENTCOM said.
UPDATE 1743 GMT:
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country will “stand firm” amid Donald Trump’s latest threats of attacks.
Threats to target [infrastructure] – from transportation networks to the electricity and water industries – are not a show of strength but a sign of desperation in the face of a nation’s will.
Minutes earlier, Trump said he would be “attacking [Iran] very hard”.
UPDATE 1332 GMT:
A delegation from Qatar, a mediator in the US War on Iran, has arrived in Tehran to discuss and exchange views on bilateral relations and regional developments.
“Following consultations with the US, Qatari negotiators travelled to Tehran this morning to meet with the Iranians in an effort to bridge the remaining gaps,” said a “diplomat with knowledge of the situation”.
UPDATE 1231 GMT:
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian — citing the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei who was killed by a US-Israel targeted assassination on February 28 — has said, “The situation was neither war nor peace, and the issue had to be resolved.”
At that time, we discussed with him that if we wanted to resolve the situation of neither war nor peace, what should we do? What should we do if we did not negotiate? And it was on this basis that the leader allowed the talks to continue.
We must come out of this situation with neither war nor peace. War is definitely not in the country’s interest, but it is not the case that if they want to violate our dignity, our soil, and our land, we will surrender or back down. They dream of such a thing. This is not something we want to back down from.
Donald Trump posted this morning that Iran has “taken too long to negotiate a deal” and will “have to pay the price”.
Trump told Fox TV by phone that he is “getting close to ordering new strikes against Iranian power plants and bridges”.
UPDATE 1015 GMT:
Two crew members are missing and one injured after a fire on a tanker off the coast of Oman.
The cause has not been reported.
UPDATE 0955 GMT:
The US attack on two water reservoirs in Sirik in southern Iran this morning has left 20,000 people without drinking water, according to an Iranian water utility company.
Abfa Hormozgan said the reservoirs were “targeted and completely destroyed” .
The company’s CEO, Abdolhamid Hamzehpour, said the reservoirs provided drinking water to the city of Kohstak and 10 surrounding villages. There are not enough groundwater resources for immediate replacement in this area, Hamzehpour said in a statement carried by the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency, adding that conditions for residents have become “difficult and critical” as temperatures exceed 45C (113F).
UPDATE 0916 GMT:
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has criticized the latest US and Israeli attacks:
The diplomatic process does not happen in a vacuum. To advance any negotiation or diplomatic process, you need a minimal space to be able to advance the work of diplomacy.
Unfortunately, the United States is harming this process with contradictory messages, frequent changes in positions and demands, and frequent violations of the ceasefire. The Zionist regime is also harming this process with frequent violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
UPDATE 0847 GMT:
The Israel Defense Forces has issued evacuation orders to people in three towns and villages in southern Lebanon, ahead of more airstrikes.
The orders cover Ansariyeh, Ghassaniyah, and Houmine el-Faouqa, telling people to move north of the Zahrani River.
UPDATE 0844 GMT:
Iranian media reports more explosions near Qeshm Island, attacked earlier today by the US, in the Strait of Hormuz.
Mehr News Agency said, “The exact nature of these sounds is still unknown, given the volume of the sound, the source of the explosion may have been a relatively large distance from the city of Qeshm or related to movements in the Strait of Hormuz.”
UPDATE 0622 GMT:
Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held calls with counterparts in Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Iranian State media said Araghchi condemned US attacks as a “violation of sovereignty and affirmed Iran’s right to respond in legitimate defense”.
ORIGINAL ENTRY: Iran and the US have stepped up attacks on each other, despite a supposed ceasefire, in the Strait of Hormuz, on Iranian territory, and across the region.
The latest chain of escalation began on Tuesday at 3:30 a.m. when a US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship on patrol crashed over the Strait. Two crew members were rescued by an unmanned drone boat and are in stable condition.
Donald Trump claimed that the Iranians had downed the gunship and he “must, of necessity, respond to this attack”. A US official said the Iranians used a Shahed one-way attack drone.
However, US Central Command did not confirm the accounts, saying the incident was under investigation. Another American official said the Apache collided with the Iranian drone but it was not clear if the contact was intentional.
The US military responded with strikes at 1 a.m. local time. Iranian media reported assaults on the coastal cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirik in southern Iran and on Qeshm Island. A US official said several Iranian air defense and radar systems were hit, and drone manufacturing plants may have been targeted.
Central Command implied that the ceasefire from April 7 remained in effect: “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.” Trump said the downing of the helicopter “wasn’t a big deal”.
US officials said Trump, contrary to his tweet, was not convinced of the need for retaliation. He changed his mind after a briefing from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine.
Trump then used Truth Social to announce the imminent US attacks.
Iran Fires on Bases Across Region
On Wednesday morning, Iran launched drones and missiles at bases with US personnel in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan. Tehran said targets included F-35 fighter jet hangars and a command-and-control center.
The Revolutionary Guards claimed long-range missile strikes on the al-Azraq base in Jordan, while Jordanian armed forces said they intercepted and shot down five missiles. Kuwait activated air defenses as Iran said drones were launched on the Ali Al Salem base, near the Iraqi border.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned before the strikes that Iran “will leave no attack or threat unanswered. Leave our region if you want to be safe.”
The Foreign Ministry later warned Gulf States:
[There is a] legal and moral responsibility of all countries in the region (especially those located along the southern shores of the Persian Gulf) to prevent the US military and Israel from using their territory or facilities to plan, organize, execute, or support hostile actions against Iran.
Complete list of US aircraft losses:
http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx99QkB7wm4aZovUZgmvkJzePCwYByvP6g?si=FcdCuyPxU-d7iZ0O
BTW, where is the delusional guy who was claiming trump handled the mullahs great, noone in the remaining iran leadership has a brain etc. I guess he stopped commenting 🙂
Here’s how Iran has prepared for a US attack on Kharg Island: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/11/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel-hnk?post-id=cmq9i5fob00083b6sdkwph3yf
“Iran’s build up of its defenses has included moving additional shoulder-fired, surface-to-air guided missile systems known as MANPADs to the island, sources previously told CNN. Iran has also laid traps on the island with anti-personnel and anti-armor mines, the sources added, including on the shoreline where US troops could possibly land if Trump ordered a ground operation.”
This is how Netanyahu’s Iran strategy backfired: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/10/this-is-how-netanyahus-iran-strategy-backfired/
“Despite the operational achievements, Iran survived the campaign and has become stronger and more self-confident: it is maintaining its missile and drone stockpiles, strengthening its nuclear project and is prepared to use all means available to advance its regional goals. This strategic reality is more complex and challenging for Israel, especially given its deep dependence on the United States and on the diplomatic and military assistance Washington provides………Therefore, despite the operational achievements, it can be said that these campaigns were the total failure: they did not deter Iran, did not bring about a fundamental change in the balance of power, and in many ways worsened Israel’s strategic position on the Iranian regime while adding to its difficulties with American public opinion and the political system in Washington.”