{"id":925907,"date":"2026-07-10T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/925907\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:06:14","slug":"nobody-has-claimed-latest-airstrikes-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/925907\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody has claimed latest airstrikes against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 No one claimed responsibility Friday for airstrikes that hit Iran<\/a> after the U.S. said it finished its attacks<\/a>, leaving questions about who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic. <\/p>\n

The strikes Thursday, just as Iran prepared to bury the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a>, hit areas across southern Iran. The country\u2019s theocracy hasn\u2019t directly blamed anyone, though one lawmaker warned the United Arab Emirates about allegedly providing support to the U.S. campaign against Iran. <\/p>\n

Gulf Arab states, which Iran has targeted repeatedly since the war began Feb. 28, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday about the strikes. The attacks come as those Gulf nations and the U.S. insist that the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, a vital waterway for world energy markets, must be open and free to ships to transit.<\/p>\n

Iran says the strait must now be under its sole control and that vessels should begin to pay fees to Tehran \u2014 even though the world for decades has considered it an international waterway. About a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the strait before the war began.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s grip on the strait during the conflict led to an global energy crisis, though oil prices have sharply dropped<\/a> since wartime highs of $120 a barrel. <\/p>\n

Israel, which took part in the Iran war, also has not claimed any recent attacks on Iran. <\/p>\n

Unclaimed strikes came after US ended its attacks<\/p>\n

The U.S. military\u2019s Central Command said Thursday around 6:30 a.m. local Iran time that it had concluded a round of strikes that hit 90 targets. Shortly after that, Iranian news outlets and state media reported a series of airstrikes and explosions targeting the country\u2019s Bushehr and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, the cities of Ahvaz and Chabahar and other areas. <\/p>\n

Central Command did not respond to a request for comment about the additional strikes. <\/p>\n

Iran responded to the strikes Thursday by launching a wider volley of attacks across the Mideast, targeting Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar. Missile alert sirens sounded in the four countries, sending people to seek shelter. One person was reportedly hurt in Kuwait as air defense systems targeted the incoming fire across the region. <\/p>\n

The exchange of strikes again tested a shaky ceasefire<\/a> deal between Tehran and Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated on social media Friday that he views the interim deal as \u201cOVER!\u201d But he said the U.S. would continue talks aimed at putting a permanent end to the war. <\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said there were \u201cno operational updates\u201d after Trump\u2019s pronouncement about the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

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The leader of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, traveled to Kuwait immediately after the Iranian attack for a meeting with the small, oil-rich nation\u2019s ruling emir. Gulf Arab countries also held calls with Qatar\u2019s foreign minister. He has been deeply involved, along with Pakistan, in mediating talks between Iran and the U.S.<\/p>\n

During the Iran war, officials said both Saudi Arabia and the UAE launched airstrikes targeting Iran, after Tehran struck energy sites in their countries. <\/p>\n

Israel, which under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has engaged in an intense campaign against Iran, has not attacked the Islamic Republic since June<\/a>. Israel also broadly immediately claims its attacks on Iran. <\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s government said Netanyahu spoke with Trump on Thursday night, with Trump updating Netanyahu \u201con American moves in the Gulf.\u201d <\/p>\n

Israel Katz, Israel\u2019s defense minister, also renewed threats that his nation stood ready to confront Iran if needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we will have to return, we will return with even greater force,\u201d Katz told a military ceremony. <\/p>\n

Iran keeps up its threats <\/p>\n

On Friday, Iranian state media quoted Esmail Kousari, a member of the Iranian parliament\u2019s national security committee and a former commander in the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, as warning the UAE would \u201cpay the price for its cooperation with the United States.\u201d He accused the Emirates of having a \u201cbehind-the-scenes\u201d role in the recent U.S. attacks. <\/p>\n

Iran repeatedly accused Gulf Arab states of actively supporting the U.S. war effort, something they denied during the war. The U.S. since the 1991 Gulf War has maintained a broad footprint of military bases across the Gulf Arab states, including in Bahrain, which is home to the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet headquarters. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Iran insists it must be the sole controller of the Strait of Hormuz. But the U.S. continues to urge mariners to travel on a southern route through Oman\u2019s territorial waters to avoid Iran. <\/p>\n

The Joint Maritime Information Center, a multinational body overseen by the U.S. Navy, issued a new advisory Friday urging ships to travel that route. A similar message sparked an Iranian attack on Tuesday that saw three vessels hit.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNotwithstanding recent unprovoked attacks on merchant vessels, mariners are reminded that the southern route of the (strait) has been expanded and remains available for all traffic,\u201d the maritime center said. <\/p>\n

Twenty-two ships transited the strait Thursday, down from 30 Wednesday and 41 on Tuesday<\/a>, according to data and analytics company Kpler. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 No one claimed responsibility Friday for airstrikes that hit Iran after the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":925908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[3492,3881,372,64,69,10102,373528,57,83,3461,6087,354640,50,141631,80,365,266730,10317,96,103,107],"class_list":["post-925907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-ap-top-news","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-business","tag-donald-trump","tag-energy-industry","tag-esmail-kousari","tag-general-news","tag-iran","tag-iran-government","tag-iran-war","tag-mohammed-bin-zayed-al-nahyan","tag-news","tag-persian-gulf","tag-politics","tag-religion","tag-tim-hawkins","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-war-and-unrest","tag-world","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116896779090236078","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}