{"id":218826,"date":"2026-07-30T20:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-vows-to-punish-the-aggressor-today-after-u-s-unleashes-heavy-wave-of-strikes-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:11:10","slug":"iran-vows-to-punish-the-aggressor-today-after-u-s-unleashes-heavy-wave-of-strikes-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-vows-to-punish-the-aggressor-today-after-u-s-unleashes-heavy-wave-of-strikes-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran vows to \u2018punish the aggressor today\u2019 after U.S. unleashes \u2018heavy wave\u2019 of strikes – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iran<\/a> vowed to \u201cpunish\u201d the United States on Thursday after the American military said it had completed a \u201cheavy wave of strikes\u201d overnight, the latest retaliation for an attack by Tehran on U.S. forces <\/a>in the Middle East.
The renewed fighting shattered a brief period of calm that had seen the two sides engage with a push to revive diplomatic efforts and stave off dramatic new escalation.
But President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran hard after its attack on an American base in Jordan. And the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) signaled the flare-up would not end there, warning early Thursday that \u201cthe aggressor will be punished today\u201d following the U.S. strikes.
Jordan said it intercepted a new barrage from Iran, while Kuwait said an Iranian strike hit a building belonging to a Chinese company, killing one worker.
There were also signs that the war was again expanding and drawing in new countries, raising the stakes for the region and the global economy.
After Saudi Arabia joined the U.S.<\/a> in striking Iran-backed militants, Egypt confirmed Thursday that a drone ignited fires on two natural gas vessels at the Mediterranean port of Damietta.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the drone strike \u2014 on a U.S.-owned floating storage facility and a Greek-owned tanker \u2014 but an attack there by Iran would mark a significant new expansion of the conflict to a key U.S. ally and mediator. It would also highlight the broader risk to the world\u2019s energy supplies from the difficulty in resolving the conflict.
Asked if it was Iran during an Oval Office event Wednesday, Trump said that he had been briefed on the incident and that \u201cit\u2019s a little more of the same.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be straightening out,\u201d he added, without expanding on what exactly he meant. \u201cIn the meantime, we\u2019re going to be hitting them very hard because it\u2019s our turn to hit them.\u201d
Trump also vowed Wednesday to \u201cbeat the f—ing s— out of\u201d<\/a> Iran after its Tuesday attack on American forces, according to Fox News, which cited a phone call with the president.
Hours later U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said in a post on X that it had completed a \u201cheavy wave of strikes against Iran\u201d in response to what it had previously described as an \u201cattempted surprise attack\u201d on American forces.
CENTCOM said dozens of targets belonging to the IRGC were struck over two hours, including \u201cmilitary command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defense sites, and maritime capabilities.\u201d
Strikes were reported in cities across Iran.
Three IRGC members were killed in the northwestern Zanjan province. A toddler was among three people killed on the island of Qeshm, in the Strait of Hormuz, the state-owned IRIB news agency reported.
The key waterway has become the focal point of the conflict and the main sticking point in peace talks.
Some 20% of the world\u2019s oil passed through the key trade route prior to the war, but shipping through Hormuz and along the Bab el Mandeb strait in the Red Sea has been slowed by attacks as the U.S. struggles to break Tehran\u2019s stranglehold.
Mediators, and Trump, had expressed some optimism about diplomatic efforts after the interim deal between the two sides collapsed into weeks of tit-for-tat strikes.
But the new flare-up saw oil prices surge again, with the international benchmark Brent crude oil hovering around $90 a barrel early Thursday.
According to MarineTraffic data analyzed by NBC News, a Qatar-managed liquefied natural gas tanker was able to travel from the Persian Gulf into the Gulf of Oman overnight, transiting the Strait of Hormuz through lanes managed by Iran.
The Al Areesh appeared to be the first liquefied natural gas tanker linked to Qatar to go through the strait since a tanker was struck<\/a> by a missile at the beginning of the month. The semiofficial Fars news agency said the tanker made the journey with Iran\u2019s permission.
Four additional ships were traveling through the Iranian route Thursday, while an Iranian container ship that previously appeared to evade the U.S. blockade when entering the strait from the east made a return trip through the strait and toward the line of U.S. control.
The container ship Nora had its signal turned off for part of its journey before it began transmitting again from the Gulf of Oman on Thursday morning. It had traveled into the Persian Gulf on July 19 after docking in China in June. MarineTraffic data indicated that the ship was laden with cargo and had a destination set for India.
Meanwhile, about 59 tankers or cargo ships passed through Bab el Mandeb in the past roughly 24 hours.
Chantal Da Silva reports on world news for NBC News Digital and is based in London.
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