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Iran war live: US and Iran exchange deadly attacks for 7th night

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37, takes off from the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney [File: US Navy/Handout via Reuters]
An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37, takes off from the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney [File: US Navy/Handout via Reuters] (Reuters)
By Zaid Sabah, Barbara Angopa and Lyndal Rowlands
Published On 18 Jul 2026

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  • US Central Command says it has completed its seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, employing “fighter aircraft, aerial drones and warships” to hit the country’s “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”.
  • The southern cities of Lar, Jask, Sirik, Bushehr and Bandar Abbas have reportedly been targeted, along with Qeshm Island, Ahvaz and the central city of Yazd.