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CENTCOM Completes More Strikes Against Iran

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed an additional round of strikes against Iran at 10 p.m. ET, July 14, hitting dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas.

U.S. fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels launched precision munitions against Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, and coastal defense systems during the seven-hour wave to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews.

The strikes took place the same day U.S. forces resumed the naval blockade against vessels transiting to or from Iranian ports and coastal areas. The blockade went into effect at 4 p.m. ET today.

U.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and prepared to execute operations directed by the Commander in Chief.
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Hmm. So coastal and ports will remain the targets for days weeks? Eventually you'd think they'd hit Tehran and leadership if Orangeman thinks MOU is all but dead.
 
ShapurII said:
Yes, I understood your point but that was irrelevant as we were discussing the US demands in negotiations. And I think we both agree that the US does not care one iota about what the Muslims think of Iran. The US cares about the position of Israel in the region and her ambitions.

The reason that most of those Arab states have a problem with Iran is in fact because Iran is standing by the side of Palestinians and has anti-imperialist ideas. An issue that is absolutely none of our business in my opinion. The Shah of Iran wasn't fond of Arabs and anti-Arab sentiments were at its peak during the time of the Shah, but Arabs kissed the Shah's ass because the US and Israel liked him. Arab states like anybody that is in the US team. If you talk to older generations of Iranians, they hated all Arabs with a passion. Yet, none of the Arab states minded it. So, now that Iran is in fact helping Arabs, why are these Arab states hating Iran so much?

Anyway, the moment that Iran decides to respect the US order in the Middle East, all the Arab starts will obey the US decision and will become our brothers. And the US cannot care less about what the Arabs think if Iran agrees to coexist with Israel and joins the US team, which I think is inevitable.
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You're too focussed on the Iranian perspective and have only assumptions why the Arab and the Muslim World feels about Iran the way it does.

Anyway, let's park this here as I am more interested in the non-Iranian perspective of this conflict.
 
ShapurII said:
Anyway, the moment that Iran decides to respect the US order in the Middle East, all the Arab starts will obey the US decision and will become our brothers.
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That is a decision only for Iran to make, if and when it does.
 

Trump held Situation Room meeting on massive new Iran strikes​



President Trump held a Situation Room meeting Tuesday to discuss a massive offensive in Iran that will be wider in scope than the current strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, three sources with knowledge said.

Why it matters: Trump appears willing to escalate the war to cause enough damage that the Iranian regime will open the Strait of Hormuz and accept Trump's nuclear demands.

Driving the news: Trump convened the meeting as the U.S. military conducted strikes in the Strait of Hormuz area and along the southern coast of Iran for the fourth day in a row.

  • Most of the targets were air defense and radar systems, anti-ship missile positions and drone launch sites.
  • U.S. officials said the aim of the strikes was to significantly degrade Iran's ability to conduct attacks against ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran retaliated by continuing to launch missiles and drones at U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain.
  • On Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports went into effect.
  • The commander of the U.S. military's Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, said in a statement that over the last week Iran "has intentionally targeted civilians across the region by attacking seven commercial ships resulting in nearly a dozen civilian crew members killed, missing, or injured."
  • Despite the attacks, the U.S. military managed to coordinate the transit of 300 ships through the strait over the past week, U.S. officials said.
Inside the room: Trump was joined in the Situation Room by his top national security team, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, White House envoy Steve Witkoff and other senior officials, the sources said.

  • The sources said the meeting focused on new plans for devastating strikes on strategic targets in Iran, in addition to the strikes against Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The White House declined to comment.
What he's saying: In an interview with Fox News before the Situation Room meeting, Trump said the strikes would expand in the coming days.

  • The U.S. military is going to hit Iran "hard" over the next three days, he said, before stressing that strikes could significantly escalate after that.

  • "Next week, it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants," Trump said. "Next week comes the bridges. We're gonna knock out all their power plants. We're gonna knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate."
What to watch: Trump said the U.S. is monitoring suspicious activity by Iran at Pickaxe Mountain, a deep underground site that the U.S. and Israel think Iran wants to use for its nuclear program and that will be immune from airstrikes.

  • Trump said the U.S. bunker busters "can go deep" and claimed "nobody knows" if Pickaxe Mountain is impervious to such an attack.
  • "By the way, nobody knows if they even are doing anything in Pickaxe. It's just something that comes up. We have cameras on it. There's very little activity there. But, uh, if there's even just a small amount, we'll hit it and we'll hit it hard," he said.
State of play: Trump said his negotiators spoke with Iranian officials on Tuesday and delivered the message that Iran needs to come to the table.

  • "I said, 'You better make a deal, [or] you're not gonna have anything left,'" Trump said.
 
CENTCOM Conducts Morning Round of Strikes Against Iran

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed a morning round of strikes against Iran at 7:30 a.m. ET on July 15.

CENTCOM launched precision munitions against coastal defense systems and cruise missile storage and launch sites on Greater Tunb Island during the 90-minute wave. The strikes further degraded Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

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