Middle East crisis live: US launches new wave of strikes on Iran; Tehran says attacks render diplomacy ‘futile’

The latest salvo by US forces began at 2100 GMT on Sunday , Central Command (CENCTOM) said on X, after earlier announcing approximately 140 strikes the previous night. On Sunday evening, Iranian state media reported at least 10 “enemy projectiles” hitting Qeshm Island , which sits on the strait of Hormuz. It also reported strikes on the island of Farur , to the east of Qeshm in the Gulf, that it said killed a telecommunications worker and wounded two others. Shortly after, Kuwait said three of its land border posts in the north were damaged in an attack, and that an offshore drilling platform “was targeted by a hostile drone,” with one person injured. Tehran said it had targeted two ships in Hormuz early Sunday, including the one that caught fire. Iran’s Guards said they also hit Oman, which has rarely been targeted.