Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Strikes Iran Again After Trump Says Talks Are Taking Too Long
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said just before the attack: “If we need to negotiate with bombs, we’ll negotiate with bombs.”
The United States launched a new wave of airstrikes on Iran early Thursday morning local time, hours after President Trump vowed to keep up military pressure on Tehran because Iranian leaders were taking “too long to negotiate.”
U.S. Central Command said the attack began at 5:15 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, which was 12:45 a.m. Thursday in Iran. Explosions were heard in Qeshm and Kish Islands near the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the southern cities of Bandar Abbas, Minab and Sirik, according to Iranian news outlets.


