US-Iran Conflict Update: US Military Intercepts Missiles Launched by Iran
WASHINGTON — The US military said Tuesday it had intercepted multiple ballistic missiles launched by Iran, ending a days-long pause in attacks between the two adversaries.
“At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on US forces based in the Middle East,” Central Command said in a post on X. “All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted.”
The military did not specify which areas were targeted by Iran. Both sides had held fire over the weekend following nearly two weeks of nightly US strikes on Iran and repeated Iranian missile and drone salvos targeting Washington’s allies around the Gulf.
The mid-July flare-up in fighting came after Iran attacked several ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices had plummeted during the weekend lull, and President Donald Trump had said there was a “good chance” of progress in negotiations to end the war. The latest missile launch marks a sharp reversal of that brief period of relative calm.
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