U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed that strike authorities have been pre-positioned across CENTCOM units in response to the IRGC-linked assassination attempt on President Trump. Hegseth: Iran will pay for this — and the bill is coming due now.
On June 9, U.S. Central Command forces completed self-defense strikes against Iran in response to the downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter the previous day.
The US military announced on [current date] that it had commenced launching strikes against targets in Iran. Specific casualty or arrest figures were not provided.
The United States conducted military strikes against targets in Iran on [DATE], in response to the previous day's shooting down of a US military helicopter by Iranian forces.
The U.S. conducted additional "self-defense strikes" on January 15, 2026, after intercepting and shooting down several Iranian missiles, marking another test of the fragile ceasefire agreement in place since December.
