The US launched fresh strikes on Iran overnight, the second wave of attacks in 24 hours after President Trump declared a ceasefire to be over. Meanwhile, Iran is preparing to bury slain leader Khamenei. DW has more.
What you need to know
US forces have launched a second wave of strikes against Iran
US President Trump called strikes "retribution" for Iranian retaliation
Tehran has responded with attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar
Iran is preparing to bury late supreme leader Khamenei
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Qatar urges 'all parties to commit to dialogue'
Qatar 's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, has called for "dialogue and diplomacy" in a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, a statement from the Qatari Foreign Ministry said.
Al-Thani condemned the attacks targeting commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz , saying they would "undermine trust, threaten international maritime security, and harm efforts to consolidate regional security and stability," the statement said.
Al-Thani stressed the need "for all parties to commit to dialogue and diplomacy."
The Qatari PM said diplomacy was needed in order to implement what was agreed on as part of the interim peace accord between Iran and the US.
Iran launched drones towards Qatar earlier on Thursday following US strikes on Iranian targets overnight. A Qatari tanker was also attacked in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the week.
Reports of explosions in Bahrain's Manama
An AFP correspondent in Bahrain's capital, Manama, has reported hearing explosions as air-raid sirens were activated for a third time.
It came just hours after retaliatory Iranian attacks overnight.
"The siren has been sounded ... Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place," Bahrain's Interior Ministry said in a post on X.
Bahrain is home to the US Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters.
Iranian health official reports over a dozen deaths
Iran 's Health Ministry says at least 14 people have been killed and another 78 injured in the latest US airstrikes.
Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour provided the figures in a statement on X and said that 47 of the wounded remained in hospital, while the rest had been discharged.
Earlier, Iranian state media reported explosions in several locations, including Bushehr, home to Iran's nuclear power plant complex, and the southern port cities of Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Abbas and Sirik.
Bahrain's military says Iranian attacks intercepted
Bahrain 's Defense Force has confirmed it was attacked in overnight Iranian strikes it said were "targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain."
In a statement issued on social media, Bahrain's military said that air defense systems "intercepted and destroyed several treacherous Iranian aerial attacks this morning, Thursday, July 9, 2026."
The statement went on to say that the defense force remained on high alert in order to protect the kingdom.
"General Command urges everyone to exercise caution and refrain from approaching or touching any strange or suspicious objects resulting from the remnants of the brutal Iranian aggression, and to report them immediately," Bahrain's military said.
The US launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, while Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatens an interim deal aimed at ending the war.
Iran prepares to bury Khamenei in hometown
The funeral procession for slain Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei is reaching its final stages, with his burial expected to take place on Thursday.
The multi-day funeral proceedings have attracted millions of mourners in cities across Iran and Iraq. Now Iranians are preparing to lay Khamenei to rest in his hometown of Mashhad in northeastern Iran.
The governor of Mashhad, Hassan Hosseini, told state television he "expects 15 million people" to attend Khamenei's funeral.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported that Khamenei is to be buried Thursday evening in the Shrine of Imam Reza.
It is considered Iran's most revered place of worship. Imam Reza is the only one of the 12 Shia imams buried in Iran.
Khamenei was killed on the first day of US-Israeli strikes on February 28.
What is Khamenei's funeral revealing about Iran?
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US military says 90 Iranian targets hit
The US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) said that US forces "completed an additional round of strikes against Iran" overnight.
CENTCOM, which is responsible for military operations in the Middle East region, said the strikes were to "further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz."
It said US forces struck 90 Iranian military targets, including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran's coastline.
CENTCOM said earlier that US forces hit 80 Iranian targets including small vessels belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during a first round of strikes on Tuesday.
Trump denies security fears behind quick UK stopover
US President Donald Trump made a very brief stopover at a British Royal Air Force (RAF) base where he changed planes en route to the United States from the NATO summit in Turkey .
But he denied that the move had anything to do with security fears or threats to the aircraft, telling reporters: "I have a threat all the time. I'm number one of their list."
Trump and his entourage flew from Ankara to RAF Mildenhall in the eastern English county of Suffolk on the old Air Force One plane before switching to the new model donated to him by the state of Qatar last year.
He had earlier said on social media that the "brand new, and truly spectacular, Air Force One" was being sent to the UK air base to give US military personnel stationed there "a chance to tour the Aircraft."
He said he flew from Turkey to the United Kingdom on board the previous Air Force One "for old time's sake."
The New York Times reported late Wednesday that the switch was made at the request of the US Secret Service "as a security precaution."
The US newspaper, citing unnamed sources, said the new plane lacks some capabilities of the old plane, but that the switch was not made because of a specific threat.
Trump: Iranians 'want to make a deal so badly'
US President Donald Trump claimed during his flight back to Washington from the NATO summit in Turkey on Thursday morning that Iran had "called a little while ago" and "want[ed] to make a deal so badly."
"I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal," he told reporters on board Air Force One. "I don't know that they're going to honor the deal, that's the problem."
Asked why Iranian forces were continuing to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz if they were interested in a deal, Trump responded that they were "sort of crazy."
The exchange reportedly took place after the United States had launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning.
In the past, Trump has frequently reported phone calls or conversations that were later disputed either in whole or in part by the other side.
Strait of Hormuz will only open under 'Iranian arrangements' – Iranian negotiator
Iran 's chief negotiator has warned the United States of the futility of continued military strikes and said the Strait of Hormuz will only be reopened on Tehran's terms.
"Don't flail around pointlessly, or you'll sink even deeper," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on social media on Thursday morning. "The Strait of Hormuz will only open with 'Iranian arrangements,' not American threats."
Ghalibaf, who is also the speaker of the Iranian parliament, also warned the US that Iran will continue to respond to strikes, saying:
"America still hasn't learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free. Let me put it plainly: if you strike, you'll get hit."
Kuwait responding to 'hostile' air attacks
Kuwait 's air defenses were in operation intercepting "hostile missile and drone attacks" early on Thursday morning, the country's military confirmed.
"The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosions heard are a result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks," read a post on social media without specifying the origin of the attacks.
Like Bahrain , Kuwait was also targeted by Iranian retaliatory strikes on Wednesday.
Iran adviser: Enemy will be 'severely punished'
Mohsen Rezaee, a military officer in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and senior adviser to the country's supreme leader, said late on Wednesday night that Iran's enemies would be "severely punished."
Posting on social media, Rezaee first quoted a verse from the Quran reading, in Arabic: "So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the like manner that he has assaulted you."
He then added, in Persian: "The aggressor enemy and its accomplices will be severely punished."
Alarm warnings in Bahrain and Qatar
Bahrain 's Interior Ministry said on Thursday morning that air raid sirens were sounded in the kingdom's capital, Manama.
There was no specific reference as to the provenance of the threat, but the country had been targeted by Iran on Wednesday in response to an initial wave of US strikes on Iran on Tuesday night.
At the same time, the Reuters news agency reported that residents of neighboring Qatar had received an "elevated security threat warning" on their mobile phones, followed shortly after by an all clear message.
Both Qatar and Bahrain are home to significant US military installations.
Trump: Strikes are 'retribution' for Iranian retaliation
US President Donald Trump has said the fresh wave of strikes on Iran on Wednesday night is "retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran" in the Strait of Hormuz .
Amid a series of short, uncommented videos in the last 30 minutes, presumably showing the latest missile strikes on Iran, Trump wrote in a social media post, "If it happens again, it will get much worse!"
Iran targeted three cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday in attacks which appear to have prompted Trump to declare the fragile ceasefire over and resume strikes on Iran.
Earlier on Wednesday, Trump made a series of seemingly contradictory remarks on the scope of the war.
He said the back-and-forth fighting would not lead to "long-term" military action and that "nything that happens is going to happen very fast." However, he also suggested the US military might "just finish the job."
New strikes to be bigger than previous night — US official
The fresh wave of American strikes against Iran will be greater in number than those carried out on Tuesday , a US official told the Reuters news agency on Wednesday evening.
On Tuesday night, US Central Command (CENTCOM) claimed its forces had struck more than 80 targets, including Iranian air-defense systems, coastal radar sites and 60 IRGC small boats.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it hit US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation throughout Wednesday.
Iran: Where have strikes been reported?
The fresh strikes on Iran come after US President Donald Trump said earlier on Wednesday that the US would "probably hit them hard again tonight."
Iranian state media have reported explosions in the southern port cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirik.
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has also reported explosions on Abu Musa island in the Strait of Hormuz .
It also said shrapnel from projectiles struck a hospital in Chabahar, further eastwards along Iran 's southern coast.