Day 187 of the WarWednesday, September 2, 2026
Day 187 — U.S. Hits 100 Targets in the Deadliest Night Since the Ceasefire; Deaths at a Sirik Wedding; Peru Cuts Ties With Iran
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The Deadliest Night Since the Ceasefire — 100 Targets Across 40 Locations
Iran- In the deadliest night of clashes in the Persian Gulf since the ceasefire, at least 19 people were killed as the U.S. struck 100 targets across 40 locations in Iran; afterwards Trump, citing Iran's looming economic collapse, asked when Iranians would rise up, per Iran International.source
- The IRGC said seven IRGC and Basij members were killed in the U.S. strikes — three Basij members on Lavan Island and four IRGC Aerospace Force members named by its Kermanshah office — with several others wounded on Lavan, per Iran International.source
- Khuzestan's Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs confirmed seven men killed in overnight U.S. strikes on Ahvaz and Aghajari, naming them and calling them 'defenders of the homeland,' in a statement carried by state-owned ISNA, per Shin.source
- Trump: 'We hit them very hard last night. We took out all of the new equipment that they tried to build along the Strait of Hormuz... and we're prepared to do another one any time we want,' Open Source Intel reports.source
A Wedding in Kuhestak — Civilian Deaths in Sirik, and a Death Sentence in Tehran
Iran- Iranian media, citing officials, say a missile hit a 'wedding ceremony' in Kuhestak, Sirik, killing at least five and wounding 68, including 15 children; the Red Crescent moved the wounded to Sirik and Minab, where a hospital appealed for blood donations, per Iran International.source
- CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins said the U.S. is aware of the Iranian state media reports and looking into them, adding that 'the U.S. military, unlike the IRGC, never targets civilians,' per Iran International.source
- Babak Taghvaee alleges the strikes on several houses in Kuhestak were carried out with AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER cruise missiles from U.S. Navy Super Hornets flying from USS George H.W. Bush, saying the evidence indicates the houses were deliberately targeted and missile wreckage was filmed.source
- Ali Zarei, a self-described monarchist injured in the right eye during the 2022 crackdown who returned from Germany in April, has been sentenced to death for 'corruption on earth' by Branch 23 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court and is held in Ghezel Hesar, RadioFarda sources confirm.source
'Tanker for Tanker' — the U.S. Hits Iranian Tankers as 40 Ships Cross Hormuz
Gulf & Naval- Axios reports U.S. drones fired missiles into the engine rooms of two Iranian government tankers anchored off Iran's coast north of the blockade line — the first such strike in direct response to Iran's attacks on shipping, under a 'tanker for tanker' policy Trump approved, per RadioFarda.source
- A U.S. official told Axios that about 40 ships carrying millions of barrels crossed Hormuz on Tuesday, that U.S. forces intercepted several IRGC missiles and drones fired at ships, and that the strikes cut the threat to shipping for at least a month, per Iran International.source
- The IRGC claimed two tankers that had 'disembarked their crews' and were run by 'U.S. agents' on an 'illegal route' hit Iranian-laid mines and caught fire; no international body has confirmed the incident, and the IRGC gave no names or location, per Iran International.source
- CENTCOM says the blockade had redirected 86 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two as of September 2, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said about 17 million barrels of crude passed through Hormuz on Tuesday, per Open Source Intel.source
The IRGC's Overnight Salvo — Claimed Targets From Kuwait to Aqaba
- The IRGC claimed overnight strikes on Al Dhafra and Al Minhad in the UAE, Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, Prince Hassan Air Base and Camp Titin near Aqaba in Jordan, and sites around Erbil in Iraq, according to a map compiled by Open Source Intel.source
- A senior U.S. official told Fox News all U.S. forces are accounted for, most Iranian missiles and drones — largely aimed at Jordan — were shot down, no U.S. base suffered major damage, and Iran's command and control is not centralized, per Iran International.source
- Saudi Arabia condemned Iran's attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and the strike on the Saudi tanker Cedar in Hormuz, which it said killed several crew members, and urged the parties to return to negotiations, per Iran International.source
'That Train Has Left the Station' — Rubio Buries Islamabad as Peru Cuts Ties
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said returning to the Islamabad memorandum is off the table — 'that train has left the station' — vowing the strait 'will remain open and will not be under Iran's control,' and that nothing Russia gives Iran will stop U.S. action, per Iran International.source
- Peru severed diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing Tehran of escalating conflict in the Middle East and disrupting trade through Hormuz, and citing the suppression of peaceful protests and discrimination against women and girls, per RadioFarda.source
- Politician Hossein Marashi said China conditioned a Ghalibaf visit on opening Hormuz, dropping tolls and settling issues with Saudi Arabia and America — China's office denied it — while Xi met Pezeshkian only informally in a corner of the SCO hall, per Iran International.source
- G20 finance ministers meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, called for free, safe and predictable passage through Hormuz; all members present backed the statement except China, which objected to the Hormuz section and three others, per Iran International.source