Iran launches missiles at U.S. base for first time since Trump paused strikes

Netanyahu was in Washington for the funeral Senator Lindsey Graham, a longtime Iran hawk. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday at the White House. Zelenskyy and Netanyahu were in Washington, D.C., to attend the funeral for Sen.

Lindsey Graham, who died on July 11 at 71 after returning from Kyiv. Netanyahu described the meeting with Trump as “a conversation” about “the common goal of ensuring that Iran does not have nuclear weapons.”Meanwhile, Zelenskyy had reported Russia had provided satellite images to Iran of U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf.“The President and I discussed licenses for Patriot interceptor production and several other ideas that could help,” Zelenskyy wrote in a statement about the surface-to-air missiles.Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he plans to discuss Zelenskyy’s report with Russian President Vladimir Putin.“I don’t think they’ve been doing it, certainly not at a high level, and if they have, it has been very un-impactful,” Trump said.

Related storiesRecent fighting with Iran further draws down key US air defense stockpiles, analysis saysThe US military says it’s thwarted an Iranian missile attack on American troopsAmericans’ confidence in US economy falls as Iran conflict sends gas prices higher Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in the Middle East on Tuesday evening, in what U.S.

Central Command (Centcom) called an attempted surprise attack. It was the first publicly disclosed attack on U.S. service members in the region since President Trump ordered a halt on attacks against Iran last week.

Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles toward a U.S. military base in Jordan on Tuesday in what U.S. Central Command described as an "attempted surprise attack." All of the missiles were intercepted, CENTCOM said in a statement.Why it matters: This marks Iran's first ballistic missile attack against a U.S.

base in the region since President Trump paused strikes against Iran on Friday to give diplomacy another chance.The attack threatens to unravel the fragile pause and could force Trump to decide whether to resume military action.What they're saying: Trump told Axios on Monday that the U.S. was in "very deep talks" with Iran but warned that he would return to "very strong military action" if diplomacy failed."Not much time," Trump said when asked how long he was willing to give the negotiations. "Either it goes fast or not at all."State of play: CENTCOM said forces from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched the missiles at 5:45pm ET."U.S.