On Thursday (July 16, 2026) Tehran warned it would target infrastructure across the region if U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on a threat to attack power plants and bridges in Iran.
That followed a fresh exchange of strikes between the two countries.
Also read: Iran threatens to block more vital seaways as Trump orders renewed Iran blockadeIran’s Revolutionary Guards said they struck a U.S. airbase in Jordan with ballistic missiles in response to what they described as an American attack near a children’s cancer hospital in the Islamic Republic.
Also read: What is Greater Tunb Island, the strategic point in the Strait of Hormuz targeted by U.S. airstrikes?
Rekindled fighting between the longtime foes comes a month after the signing of a preliminary deal that aimed to end the conflict, which broke out in late February with massive U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
On Thursday (July 16, 2026) Tehran warned it would target infrastructure across the region if U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on a threat to attack power plants and bridges in Iran.
That followed a fresh exchange of strikes between the two countries.
Also read: Iran threatens to block more vital seaways as Trump orders renewed Iran blockade
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they struck a U.S. airbase in Jordan with ballistic missiles in response to what they described as an American attack near a children’s cancer hospital in the Islamic Republic.
Also read: What is Greater Tunb Island, the strategic point in the Strait of Hormuz targeted by U.S. airstrikes?
Rekindled fighting between the longtime foes comes a month after the signing of a preliminary deal that aimed to end the conflict, which broke out in late February with massive U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
