U.S. Central Command launched Tomahawk cruise missiles and fighter aircraft overnight in a second wave of strikes across Iran — significantly heavier than the previous night, according to the report. The strikes targeted military intelligence, surveillance, communication systems, and air defense sites, with a focus on assets threatening U.S. forces and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. For the first time, strikes included targets in the Karaj area west of Tehran, with footage emerging. President Trump stated 49 Tomahawks were launched.
The overnight U.S. strikes mark the second consecutive wave of American precision operations against Iran, expanding the geographic and strategic scope beyond the initial round. CENTCOM confirmed targeting military intelligence, surveillance, communication systems, and air defense sites across the country, with new focus on the Karaj area west of Tehran — a region previously spared — according to the drafter. President Trump stated that 49 Tomahawks were launched in the operation, which he described in a Fox News interview at 02:24 Jerusalem as "the most productive ceasefire in history." At the same hour, Trump claimed senior Iranian officials contacted him to request a halt to the strikes — a claim Tehran officially denies. The IRGC, per version 7 of this thread, retaliated for the strikes by attacking U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
As The Zioneer reported through the night, the thread began at 02:24 Jerusalem with Trump's single-source claim of 49 Tomahawk missiles striking within 40 miles of Tehran, later refined to a minimum distance of 60 km. By 02:29, the desk reported an IRGC retaliation against U.S. Gulf bases; by 04:10, CENTCOM released footage of Tomahawk launches from the Arabian Gulf. A CENTCOM statement at 07:28 confirmed the command had completed "additional precision strikes" across Iran on June 10. The drafter now reports this second wave as "significantly larger" than the previous night's operations, though corroboration of specific damage remains limited.
The wider context, as The Zioneer has previously tracked, includes Iranian retaliation against regional U.S. bases and Iranian-backed militia drone strikes on U.S. installations in northern Iraq. Unverified reports from a single source (Jun 5, 18:17 Jerusalem) claimed Iranian missiles severely damaged the U.S. Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar — though the desk has not independently confirmed that assessment.
It remains unclear whether Iran will mount a new round of retaliation against regional U.S. bases or pursue other responses. No independent verification of specific target damage was available at the time of this bulletin. Tehran's denial of direct contact with President Trump also remains an unresolved discrepancy.
12 developments
- StrongTrump warns Iran he'll 'bomb the shit out of' them after 49 Tomahawks strike near Tehran
- StrongIranian media: five missiles fired at US targets inside Iran
- DevelopingIRGC claims 18 American military targets hit in two overnight strike waves
- DevelopingIranian Navy fires four missiles at US warship in the Gulf
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