{"id":2045753,"date":"2026-07-15T12:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045753"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:58:08","slug":"us-resumes-daylight-strikes-on-iran-as-tensions-escalate-over-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045753","title":{"rendered":"US resumes daylight strikes on Iran as tensions escalate over Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/89\/25\/1200x675_cmsv2_685b457f-41a5-5253-b42b-5d359c3b8fdf-9838925.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2910167-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2910167\" data-cid=\"9839520\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910167-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/95\/20\/189x106_cmsv2_daac8c55-6da3-539e-8b24-dfa4b11777ae-9839520.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Ukraine&apos;s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine\u2019s popular Defence Minister Fedorov\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2910067-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2910067\" data-cid=\"9839017\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910067-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/90\/17\/189x106_cmsv2_f930dcb9-5ada-535b-93a1-89ad6b8efffe-9839017.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Annie Woods harvests eightball, a type of zucchini, as the sun sets Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at her farm in Brooksville, Ky.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    How scientists forecast heatwaves\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2910055-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2910055\" data-cid=\"9838957\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2910055-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/89\/57\/189x106_cmsv2_235ca17a-f8e1-5cd9-a33e-774ae9bc8d1d-9838957.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"MEPs Markus Ferber (EPP) and Pasquale Tridico (The Left) in The Ring\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    The Ring<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Can common debt fix Europe\u2019s growth problem? 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(Amirhosein Khorgooi\/ISNA v\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              A person stands in shallow water as cargo and commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, June 8, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi\/ISNA v<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspBabak Kamiar&amp;nbsp&amp;&amp;nbsp<b>Euronews Persian<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1784120288\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-07-15 14:58:08 +02:00\">15\/07\/2026 &#8211; 14:58 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links 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Tehran has reported casualties as tensions rise over a renewed blockade threat, calls for retaliation and the ongoing dispute over the Strait of Hormuz.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>US military has resumed its air strikes against Iran in broad daylight on Wednesday, as Washington said it was intensifying its campaign aimed at limiting Tehran\u2019s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), a new 90-minute wave of precision strikes against Iranian targets on Wednesday morning targeted coastal defence systems as well as cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island. <\/p>\n<p>CENTCOM said the strikes were intended to further reduce Iran\u2019s ability to attack commercial vessels passing through the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n<p>The operation marks a further escalation in the US military campaign against Iran, following Tehran&#8217;s repeated attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf. <\/p>\n<p>Iran had struck at least seven commercial vessels over the past week, according to CENTCOM.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A shift in tactics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Several areas across Iran were targeted by airstrikes and bombardments overnight on Wednesday, and it had been expected that the operations would stop once daylight arrived.<\/p>\n<p>However, the continuation of the attacks and the start of a new wave of strikes in the middle of the day indicate Washington&#8217;s intent to pursue a prolonged military campaign around the clock, limiting the other side\u2019s ability to recover and respond while rapidly degrading Iran\u2019s strategic infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian authorities said the latest US strikes caused further casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s army reported that seven military personnel were killed in a missile strike on a barracks near the southeastern city of Iranshahr.<\/p>\n<p>An Iranian Health Ministry official said overnight US airstrikes injured more than 260 people, including three women and six people under the age of 18.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Iran\u2019s Health Ministry had said that 17 people had been killed and more than 115 injured during US strikes targeting six Iranian cities.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian authorities have also claimed that a total of 3,514 people have been killed during the war since its opening salvo in February. The figure cannot be independently verified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">US-Iran conflict widens after deadly tanker attack in Strait of Hormuz<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Iran launches strikes on neighbours as Trump threatens to hit power plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Calls in Tehran for a tougher response<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, political rhetoric inside Iran has hardened.<\/p>\n<p>Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran\u2019s foreign minister during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s presidency and now a parliamentarian, suggested during a live television programme that Tehran should consider seizing US military bases in the region and taking soldiers captive, rather than relying solely on missile attacks against those facilities.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came amid growing calls from hardliners for a stronger response to US military operations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, public messaging in Tehran has also escalated following the renewed exchange of fire, with a new mural at Tehran\u2019s Enghelab Square depicting US President Donald Trump inside a coffin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5714285714285714\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/89\/25\/808x462_cmsv2_05b66c61-5bac-5da0-8554-95bdccb1a250-9838925.jpg\" alt=\"Enghelab and Palestine Sq in Tehran.\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Enghelab and Palestine Sq in Tehran.<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Fars and MehrNews <\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another billboard in Palestine Square carries the slogan \u201cBlood for Blood\u201d in Persian and Hebrew, alongside images depicting coffins bearing the names of members of the Trump and Netanyahu families.<\/p>\n<p>The displays have been presented by Islamic Republic authorities and state-linked media as symbols of retaliation following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 28 February, or day one of the ongoing war.<\/p>\n<h2>Iran insists Strait of Hormuz remains closed<\/h2>\n<p>The future of the Strait of Hormuz remains at the centre of the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials said the waterway remains closed and warned that any vessel attempting to pass without authorisation would face consequences.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours after the US reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports on Wednesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington ends what it described as its &#8220;aggressive actions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In the same statement, the IRGC also warned that other regional oil export routes could become targets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The enemy should know that now that its naval aggressors have closed the Indian Ocean route to global oil and gas exports, thereby endangering the interests of America&#8217;s economic rivals, it should also expect the closure of other oil and gas export routes that serve the interests of the United States and its allies,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC did not specify which other routes it was referring to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oil and gas exports from this region will either be possible for everyone or for no one,&#8221; the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Iran executes man over January protests as crackdown on dissent widens<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">US strikes Bushehr as Iran&#8217;s parliament tables bill to control Hormuz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Iranian diplomat and economist Hossein Adeli told state-run IRNA television that deterrence in the Strait should not be measured only by the movement of ships.<\/p>\n<p>According to Adeli, Iran\u2019s control over the waterway relies on three pillars: military capability, political will and management of maritime traffic.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the essence of deterrence lies in exercising sovereignty over the strait, adding that if Tehran&#8217;s vital interests are threatened, closing the waterway should remain an option.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  US strikes Bushehr as Iran&#8217;s parliament tables bill to control Hormuz<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  &#8216;We will deal with it,&#8217; 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The figure cannot be independently verified.Calls in Tehran for a tougher responseMeanwhile, political rhetoric inside Iran has hardened.Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran\u2019s foreign minister during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s presidency and now a parliamentarian, suggested during a live television programme that Tehran should consider seizing US military bases in the region and taking soldiers captive, rather than relying solely on missile attacks against those facilities.His comments came amid growing calls from hardliners for a stronger response to US military operations.Meanwhile, public messaging in Tehran has also escalated following the renewed exchange of fire, with a new mural at Tehran\u2019s Enghelab Square depicting US President Donald Trump inside a coffin.Another billboard in Palestine Square carries the slogan \u201cBlood for Blood\u201d in Persian and Hebrew, alongside images depicting coffins bearing the names of members of the Trump and Netanyahu families.The displays have been presented by Islamic Republic authorities and state-linked media as symbols of retaliation following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 28 February, or day one of the ongoing war.Iran insists Strait of Hormuz remains closedThe future of the Strait of Hormuz remains at the centre of the confrontation.Iranian officials said the waterway remains closed and warned that any vessel attempting to pass without authorisation would face consequences.A few hours after the US reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports on Wednesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington ends what it described as its &#8220;aggressive actions&#8221;.In the same statement, the IRGC also warned that other regional oil export routes could become targets.&#8221;The enemy should know that now that its naval aggressors have closed the Indian Ocean route to global oil and gas exports, thereby endangering the interests of America&#8217;s economic rivals, it should also expect the closure of other oil and gas export routes that serve the interests of the United States and its allies,&#8221; the statement said.The IRGC did not specify which other routes it was referring to.&#8221;Oil and gas exports from this region will either be possible for everyone or for no one,&#8221; the statement concluded.Former Iranian diplomat and economist Hossein Adeli told state-run IRNA television that deterrence in the Strait should not be measured only by the movement of ships.According to Adeli, Iran\u2019s control over the waterway relies on three pillars: military capability, political will and management of maritime traffic.He argued that the essence of deterrence lies in exercising sovereignty over the strait, adding that if Tehran&#8217;s vital interests are threatened, closing the waterway should remain an option.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/07\/15\/us-resumes-daylight-strikes-on-iran-as-tensions-escalate-over-strait-of-hormuz&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/83\/89\/25\/1200x675_cmsv2_685b457f-41a5-5253-b42b-5d359c3b8fdf-9838925.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Zelenskyy dismisses Ukraine\u2019s popular Defence Minister Fedorov Europe News How scientists forecast heatwaves The Ring Can common debt fix Europe\u2019s growth problem? 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