“US Israel Iran War”

President Donald Trump has denied reports that the US is suffering a munitions shortage and vowed in a social media post to seek “long term jail sentences” for those suspected of leaking information.

“The U.S. has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types,” Trump posted on Thursday morning. “Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the US as needed.”

Trump and the Pentagon face mounting questions about the state of the military’s arsenal, with the war now in its sixth month and a peace deal remaining elusive.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 stealth fighter receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker while in the skies over the Middle East. pic.twitter.com/QlH0a7N9wD

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) August 4, 2026

Iran says it has reached an agreement with Oman on a route for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei did not give any further details on the agreement, which he said was “in the final stages”.

Baqaei warned, however, that a deal with Oman would not guarantee safe navigation through the strait, arguing security remained impacted by the US blockade of Iran’s ports. The US and Oman have not commented on the proposal.

It has been more than five months since Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei booked a well-deserved passage to hell, courtesy of a US-Israeli airstrike in Tehran.

Killed alongside the geriatric butcher were his daughter, a grandchild (sex not disclosed), his son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Among the injured was Khamenei’s eldest son – and, as it turned out, his heir – Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who, according to Reuters, suffered severe and disfiguring facial injuries as well as a significant injury to one or both legs in the strike.

The United States is confronting tough choices over Iran, with an array of unattractive options to address Iran’s tactics and strategy. Iran lacks sufficient incentive to negotiate — the current Iranian negotiators appear to accept the degradation of its military-industrial complex, destruction of its conventional navy and air force, decapitation of echelons of leadership, strangulation of its economy, and the world’s opprobrium over the murder of tens of thousands of its own citizens. Not even an offer of $300 billion for economic development, plus releasing $100 billion of blocked funds worldwide are inducement to talk seriously.

Many were surprised last week when the US state of Minnesota reported that more than 30 of its state water systems had faced a “co-ordinated cyber-attack”.

Days later the FBI warned cyber-attacks had been reported in seven states and “some of that activity degraded water operations”.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) is reportedly probing a possible Iranian connection to the Minnesota attacks, according to US media. Cisa would not comment.

🚨 NOW: Cyberattacks are now slamming into water systems and other infrastructure in 7 STATES

30 water systems targeted in Minnesota, 9 targeted in Michigan

PRESIDENT TRUMP: "In Minnesota, they blame it on Iran. I blame it on MINNESOTA, because they're grossly incompetent!" pic.twitter.com/eV3V5pyxEw

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 4, 2026

Trump’s latest threats came after Iran denied it was in negotiations with the U.S. after the memorandum of understanding signed in June, pausing the war, collapsed in early July.

In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future, and they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not having any discussions, that nothing is being talked about, and they’re only dealing with ‘Oman.’

Donald Trump says he has cancelled strikes against Iran, provided a deal is struck “rapidly” with the country.

In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he had been asked by Iran and other countries in the Middle East to “hold off” on any attack as the “perimeters” of a deal had been agreed.

Trump’s comments came after reports that the US and Israel may have been planning new, intense strikes on Iran.

The scope of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems has grown to include at least seven states and may be far wider, officials and experts warned, as the authorities raced to safeguard the nation’s water supply against an assault that increasingly appeared to be the work of Iran.

While there were no indications that any water supply had been altered or made unsafe to drink, state and local officials throughout the country were on high alert for potential problems in vulnerable computers that are commonly used to monitor and adjust water quality, including chemical-treatment levels and water pressure. Minnesota first publicly reported the attacks, and now Michigan says its systems have also been targeted.

The US military says it has completed a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran in retaliation for Tuesday’s attempted ballistic missile attacks on American forces.

Centcom said it hit “dozens” of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in response to Iran’s firing on US bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian state media said the latest strikes had killed three people, including a two-year-old child, on Qeshm island, while other locations were also hit in the south and west of the country.

As I said a few days ago, the escalation potential coming from Bab el-Mandeb is greater than that of Hormuz.

Tonight, the Saudis, together with the US, attacked positions of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias on Iraqi territory.

The Saudis claim that the PMF launched drones against… pic.twitter.com/kGFnfSCs15

— Patricia Marins (@pati_marins64) July 29, 2026

President Donald Trump vowed a strong military response against Iran for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ surprise attack on U.S. troops in Jordan on Tuesday.

“We’re going to beat the f***ing s*** out of them,” Trump told Fox News on Wednesday morning. “We’ll be hitting them hard. They’re going to get a beating.”

BREAKING: President Trump tells Fox News the U.S. will respond after surprise attacks on U.S. forces in Jordan:

"We're going to beat the f***ing sh** out of them."

"We'll be hitting them hard."

"They're going to get a beating." @TreyYingst pic.twitter.com/KgSXEmgt2p

— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) July 29, 2026

Prisoners at Iran’s largest jail have sewn their lips shut as hundreds of them joined a mass hunger strike amid a surge in executions over drug offences and charges linked to anti-government protests.

The hunger strike, involving at least 1,500 death row prisoners at Ghezel Hesar prison near Tehran, began two weeks ago after six men convicted on drug-related charges were transferred to solitary confinement before their possible execution, according to Iranian rights groups.

When confronting the task of eradicating the Iranian regime — the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism and enthusiastic violator of human rights — it is essential to go in with all options on the table: economic sanctions, military operations, and political isolation all working in concert. The Nazi regime under Hitler, for instance, was not defeated through proportionate responses or limited engagements. The WWII Allies committed to total victory, dismantling the machinery of aggression, root and branch. The same principle applies today. President Donald Trump has a winning strategy on Iran. The military campaign should not stop until Iran’s regime delivers an unconditional surrender, as Germany and Japan did in World War II.