U.S. Airstrikes Kill 17 in Iran

U.S. airstrikes on July 10 killed at least 17 people and wounded 115 others in Iran, according to Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour. Iran responded by attacking three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the week and by targeting Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar.

President Donald Trump stated on July 11 that 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded and aimed at Iran, with thousands more to follow if the Iranian government acts on threats to assassinate him. He added that the U.S. military is ready to completely decimate and destroy all areas of Iran for a one-year period, subject to extension.

On July 10 Trump declared the ceasefire over but said the U.S. would continue negotiations. Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei stated that avenging the killing of his father Ali Khamenei is the will of the nation and must be carried out.

He pledged to avenge the blood of the martyred leader and all the martyrs of these two wars from the criminal and disgraced killers. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on February 28, 2026, and buried in Mashhad on July 9. At least 15 million people attended funeral processions for him in Tehran, Qom, Najaf and Karbala.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Oman on July 11 for talks on safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials demanded that Iran make a public statement saying the Strait of Hormuz is open and ships crossing it will not be attacked.

Iran insists the strait must remain under its sole control with vessels paying fees to Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated there can only be mutual compliance with the interim deal and accused the U.S. of violating the deal by ending waivers allowing Iran to sell crude oil on the open market in U.S.

Dollars. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated that Iran remains fully prepared to defend itself if the U.S. backs out of the Pakistani-brokered memorandum of understanding and that ending the war is a priority but the conflict will never end with Iran's surrender.