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Iran live updates: Jordan intercepts Iranian missiles, Kuwait reports drone attack

PHOTO: This screen grab taken on July 15, 2026, from video footage released by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Sepah News website on July 14, 2026, allegedly shows a missile being launched from an undisclosed location.
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New naval blockade in effect
By David Brennan, Nadine El-Bawab
Last Updated: July 16, 2026, 11:19 AM

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.

Key Headlines

  • Kuwaiti air defenses intercept Iranian drones, army says
  • Jordan intercepts 8 Iranian missiles, state media says
  • Latest round of US strikes completed, CENTCOM says
  • Iran has released 'wrongfully detained' US citizen, Trump says
  • US aircraft fired at oil tanker that attempted to violate blockade: CENTCOM
Here's how the news is developing.

Jul 16, 2026 11:19 AM

Kuwaiti air defenses intercept Iranian drones, army says

The Kuwait Armed Forces' headquarters said in a post to X on Thursday that the Gulf nation's air defenses were again "confronting attacks by hostile drones" launched from Iran.

PHOTO: This screen grab taken on July 15, 2026, from video footage released by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Sepah News website on July 14, 2026, allegedly shows a drone being launched from an undisclosed location,
-/SEPAHNEWS.COM/AFP via Getty Images
This screen grab taken on July 15, 2026, from video footage released by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Sepah News website on July 14, 2026, allegedly shows a drone being launched from an undisclosed location,
-/SEPAHNEWS.COM/AFP via Getty Images

Jul 16, 2026 9:56 AM

Jordan intercepts 8 Iranian missiles, state media says

The official Jordan News Agency said that the country's armed forces intercepted another eight Iranian missiles early on Thursday morning.

Citing a military official, the agency said there were no casualties and no damage.


Jul 16, 2026 2:00 AM

Latest round of US strikes completed, CENTCOM says

The U.S. has completed its latest round of strikes targeting Iran, U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on social media.

CENTCOM said the latest wave of strikes finished at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday.

"U.S. forces struck Iranian command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten innocent mariners crewing commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz," the statement said. "CENTCOM used precision munitions to hit targets in multiple locations including Bandar Abbas."

On Wednesday morning, U.S. forces struck coastal defense and cruise missile sites on Greater Tunb Island during a 90-minute wave, CENTCOM said.



Jul 16, 2026 12:17 AM

Iran has released 'wrongfully detained' US citizen, Trump says

President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Wednesday that Iran has released a wrongfully detained American citizen – and added that the U.S. "appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran!"

Trump said the woman was wrongfully detained in December 2024 but has now been allowed to leave the country.

Trump added that, "She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition."

In a statement, the woman's lawyer identified her as Dena Karari, a U.S.-Iranian citizen who the lawyer said "has been trapped in Iran on bogus charges of collaboration with a hostile state and espionage."

The lawyer's statement added: "While subject to a coercive exit ban, she was interrogated dozens of times by Iran's notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and although never physically detained, she suffered enormous physical and psychological hardship."

The lawyer said Karari ran a U.S. nonprofit called the Children of Mehr Foundation.

Trump's announcement came as the U.S. and Iran have continued strikes.

"The United States of America appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran," Trump added in the post.


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