The US attacks Iran then Trump stops the offensive. The negotiations do not stop

New offensive of the United States in Iran. About fifty missili Tomahawks against Iranian targets in just over two hours. “We will hit hard”: shortly after the warnings from Trump and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, American raids against “multiple objectives“. Explosions in Sirk, a city overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, on the island of Kish and in Minab. The targets included radar stations, military systems and port cities. In Tehran, the military was immediately alerted air defense. “The bombing will end soon but will resume tomorrow if Iran does not sign the agreement,” Trump says. Shortly after, the state news agency, citing an Iranian official, said there had been no contact with US President Donald Trump, adding that Iran would respond militarily to the “ongoing attacks”. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it had targeted 18 “important” US military-linked sites at Ali Al-Salem and Ahmed Al-Jaber bases in Kuwait, and Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain.

Kuwait reopens airspace

Kuwait’s airspace has reopened hours after being closed following Iranian attacks in response to US strikes.
“Traffic in Kuwaiti airspace has returned to normal,” the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.

The new US offensive in Iran

“They are shots of self-defense” for the “continued e unjustified aggression by Iran,” underlines the Centcom. And in response to the US bombs, the ayatollah regime claims to have closed completely Hormuz. “Any ship attempting to cross the Strait will be targeted,” the threat. A blockade, however, denied by the US Central Command: “commercial ships continue to transit in and out of the Strait”, is the US version. Around 3 am (Italian time) the announcement from the US central command on Apache helicopter americano su Hormuz.

“Clear and powerful attacks”

The day that ended with the green light for the new attacks was marked by the statements of the American president. “We will attack them and attack them very hard, we will start bombing again. We have the right to do so. They shot down our helicopter.” Followed by Pete Hegseth’s (war) warnings “Attacks on Iran will be clear and powerful“, the words of the head of the Pentagon.

Large-scale lightning operation

According to Axios, before authorizing the raids, Trump met in the situation room with its national security team to study “a lightning-fast, large-scale operation” in Iran to thus force the regime to accept the agreement and converge on the American line in the negotiations.

Trump: “The bombings will stop soon”

Ninety minutes after the start of the attacks, Trump seems to slow down the offensive: “the Iranians asked me to stop the bombings, they will stop soon”, the US president’s words to Fox News.