The action was limited, the officials said, with no immediate plans to escalate. The strikes come on the eve of the midterm elections.
US strikes Iranian island ahead of midterm elections
US officials described the attacks on Qeshm Island as limited and defensive, according to CBS, the BBC's US partner.
Exclusive | U.S. Strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island as Trump Talks Down War Risks
The assault follows comments by President Trump playing down the possibility of a return to war with Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections.
The U.S. Struck Qeshm Island the Night Before the Midterms. Officials Called It Defensive; the Pentagon Said Nothing.
On Monday night, several explosions were heard in rapid succession on Qeshm Island, at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's state news agency IRNA...
US hits Qeshm Island, Pezeshkian signals more diplomacy: Iran war latest
With the first US attack on Qeshm Island since June, Iran and the US are on parallel tracks towards both peace and war.
US strikes 'dozens of targets' in Iran as war threatens to engulf Middle East
America's military strikes "dozens" of Revolutionary Guard targets across Iran, as the spread of hostilities to Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia threatens to plunge the rest of the Middle East into all-out conflict.
U.S. fires a new wave of strikes on Iran and hits a tanker trying to skirt its blockade
The U.S. and Iran traded fire for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday with U.S. strikes targeting Iranian command centers and missile sites, and Iran targeting U.S. military bases in Gulf countries, as both sides intensified attacks over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran: UN Fact-Finding Mission calls for immediate cessation of hostilities after deadly US airstrikes hit civilians
GENEVA – The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran today urged all parties to the ongoing regional conflict to abide strictly by international law and cease hostilities, following a series of deadly US airstrikes in southern Iran. The strikes, which hit a wedding celebration and a residential home, killed and injured civilian families, including women and children, from already marginalised minority communities.
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.
Iran: UN experts alarmed by renewed escalation of hostilities, call for accountability
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over reports of serious violations of international law arising from illegal military operations carried out by the United States and Israel in the Islamic Republic of Iran since 28 February 2026, as well as retaliatory Iranian strikes across the Gulf region against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including civilian shipping.
How We Analyzed the Strike on the Iranian School | Visual Investigations
Exclusive: US military hasn’t conducted standard review of intelligence tied to strike on school in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics
The investigation into a US strike that hit a school in Iran has sat for months with a military command while leaders have held off on ordering a critical, standard intelligence review to help determine what happened, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
US military investigation suggests likely US role in Iran girls' school strike
U.S. military investigators tentatively conclude U.S. forces likely responsible for strike on Iranian girls' school in Minab, killing scores of children, investigation ongoing.
Iran warns of ‘new battlefield’ after reported US strike on Qeshm
Parliament speaker Ghalibaf said “the ball is in America’s court to prevent war” as Iran reached its highest defensive readiness and Iranian outlets reported Tehran had updated its target bank to include US support bases in Europe under a “response without geographical limits”.
Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Details About Iran School Strike - bellingcat
Analysis suggests there were at least two waves of strikes carried out in the area around the IRGC complex and adjacent girls' school.
UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity
A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constituted war crimes.
NEW with @lhn.bsky.social: The US claims to have struck more than 9,000 sites in Iran, but the war is taking place in an information void. Iranian volunteers are mapping confirmed strikes and warning citizens about potential strike targets, as the country enters its 26th day without the internet
Iranians Don’t Have a Missile Alert System, So Volunteers Built Their Own Warning Map
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