U.S. Launches Additional Strikes On Iran After Trump Says Ceasefire Is Over

The United States launched additional strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire was “over,” with U.S. Central Command saying the attacks were meant “to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.”

CNN reported that Iranian state media reported explosions in several cities, including Bushehr, Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Abbas and Sirik, while the exact location of some blasts was unclear according to Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency.

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The BBC said Trump told reporters he would “probably” strike Iran “very hard” again tonight, and it quoted Trump saying, “To me, I think it’s over.”

AP reported that the U.S. carried out another round of strikes on Wednesday hours after Trump said Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the ceasefire, and it said military officials described the strikes as intended to “further degrade” Iran’s ability “to threaten freedom of navigation” in the strait.

Trump’s rhetoric and the strikes fed into a widening exchange of hostile statements, with CNN saying Iran’s deputy foreign minister called Trump a “criminal,” and another official told CNN his comments were “disgusting.”

The BBC quoted Trump describing Iran’s leadership as “scum” and saying, “I don't want to deal with them anymore, they're scum. You know what scum is? They're scum.”

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AP reported that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf posted on X, “The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere. We don’t fold.”

In response to Trump’s language, NBC News reported Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Islamic Republic will not respond to “vulgarity with vulgarity,” writing, “We do not answer vulgarity with vulgarity, but with action: fearlessly and with great valor.”

The BBC tied the renewed strikes to the Strait of Hormuz and to the broader pattern of attacks on shipping, saying at least five vessels had been targeted since the U.S. and Iran signed a deal to end the war on 17 June.

It reported that the first of those incidents involved a Singaporean-flagged container ship called Ever Lovely on 25 June, and it said traffic through non-Iranian routes peaked at 38 on 24 June before slumping after Iran attacked two ships.

AP said the renewed exchange of fire raised fears that the war in Iran could reignite, and it warned that a renewed conflict could again halt energy shipments through the strait that are crucial to the global economy.

Fox News reported that U.S. Central Command said American forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets, including air defense systems, radar sites and Revolutionary Guard vessels used to threaten shipping, while it said Iran responded with strikes targeting U.S. military installations in Bahrain and Kuwait.