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What you need to know
- Iran will launch ‘full-scale offensive operations’ unless the US ends its strikes soon, says Iran’s Major General Mohsen Rezaei
- US military says they hit Iran’s ‘surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities’
- Pentagon denies Iran’s account of two oil tankers exploding near the Strait of Hormuz
We will be bringing you the latest updates on the Iran war on the weekend of July 18-19 in this blog.
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Skip next section Jordan says 10 Iranian missiles shot down07/18/2026July 18, 2026
Jordan says 10 Iranian missiles shot down
An Iranian missile barrage was neutralized without causing any casualties or material damage, the Jordanian military said on Saturday morning.
“Air defense systems… intercepted 10 Iranian missiles that had entered Jordanian airspace and were targeting the Kingdom’s territory (which) were intercepted and shot down,” the army said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti army wrote on X that it was facing a missile and drone attack due to Iran’s aggression. They also warned that explosions may be heard due to “air defense systems intercepting hostile targets.”
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Just hours earlier, the Iranian military claimed to have hit US military targets in the region, including ammunition depots in Kuwait and fuel tanks at the strategic Al-Azraq base in Jordan.
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Iran warns ‘no political border will be safe’ if US strikes continue
Tehran will switch tactics unless the US stops its strikes soon, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military adviser to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, told Iranian media.
“If US strikes continue for several more days, we will move into a phase of full-scale offensive operations,” said Rezaei, who once served as the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
“Iran will no longer limit itself to retaliatory, like-for-like responses…and no political border will be safe,” he was quoted as saying by Iran’s news agency IRIB.
His comments came just hours before Iran reportedly launched strikes on US military targets in Kuwaitand Jordan.
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US military says it ended seventh night of strikes on Iran
The US military launched strikes against Tehran’s “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities” on the seventh day of renewed hostilities between the two sides.
Pentagon said it was still fully enforcing a naval blockade against Iranian ports.
“More than 50,000 American service members are operating across the Middle East and remain vigilant, lethal, and ready,” CENTCOM wrote in a statement.
CENTCOM also called an Iranian statement that two oil tankers were on fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz “false.”
Previously, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said two vessels exploded after trying to navigate “by deceptive American intelligence agencies.”
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You join us as the US wraps up its seventh day of strikes on targets inside Iran, claiming to be holding Iran “accountable” at the direction of President Donald Trump.
The US also saidits naval blockade on Iranian ports remains in effect.
Iran, in turn, has hit US military targets in the region and claimed two tankers exploded near the Strait of Hormuz due to them relying on “deceptive American intelligence agencies.”
Major General Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military advisor to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, warned that Iran “would no longer limit itself to retaliatory, like-for-like responses” and instead go on the offensive if the US campaign against it drags on.
Stay with us for the latest developments from Iran and the Middle East as fighting continues.
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