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Iran war live updates: US launches fresh strikes on Iranian targets
Posted Wed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:51amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:51amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:51am, updated Wed 2 Sep 2026 at 7:00amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 7:00amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 7:00amSkip to timeline
The US military has conducted fresh strikes against Iran, with US President Donald Trump saying it was in retaliation for attempts to place sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has told Iranian media the US will regret its new attacks.
Follow the developments in our live blog.
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Wed 2 Sep 2026 at 7:07amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 7:07am
Sirens sounded in Jordan
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By Dannielle Maguire
Alarm sirens have been activated in Jordan’s Mafraq and Aqaba governorates, state TV reports.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it attacked Jordan with ballistic missiles.
The US has military bases in Jordan, which is west of Iran.
– Reporting by Reuters
Wed 2 Sep 2026 at 7:05amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 7:05am
Iran Red Crescent says four killed, 50 wounded at wedding by US attack
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By Annabel Bowles
Iranian state media has reported that the US had bombed civilian sites along Iran’s southern coast and hit a civilian airport.
Ahmad Nafisi, Hormozgan Province’s deputy governor, told Iranian state television that a US strike hit a home where a wedding ceremony was being held in Kuhestak in southern Iran.
He said the strike killed two people and wounding at least 50 others.
Iranian Red Crescent rescue officials in the province said the death toll had risen to four, including a child.
Reporting with AP/AFP
Wed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:43amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:43am
Iran says US will ‘regret’ strikes
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By Dannielle Maguire
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson Hossein Mohebi has warned on X that the US “will regret its new attacks”.
He said “severe punishment awaits the aggressors”.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency later said a “decisive operation by Iran’s armed forces in response to the US enemy has begun” and that “US bases and interests in the region are being targeted by Iranian missiles and drones”.
– With reporting from AFP
Wed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:29amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:29am
Trump says strikes are in retaliation to attempts to place sea mines in strait
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By Dannielle Maguire
US President Donald Trump has posted on his social media channel about the fresh wave of attacks.
He threated more attacks if Iran retaliated.
Here’s a snippet from his post on Truth Social:
“The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan.
“If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!”
Wed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:23amWed 2 Sep 2026 at 6:23am
US launches strikes against Iran
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By Dannielle Maguire
Good morning, thanks for being with us as we bring you the latest in the US-Iran war.
The US military has launched new attacks on Iran, with explosions reported in cities along the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command, which directs the US military, posted about the fresh wave of strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets on social media:
“The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.”
Explosions were heard in the port cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirik and on Qeshm island, state media reported.
It’s just before midnight in Iran at the moment.
– With reporting by Reuters