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US Strikes 100 Iranian Targets on September 1, Including First Tankers Hit Under Tanker-for-Tanker Policy, as Iran Retaliates with Missiles and Drones
Sources: GlobalSecurity.org, Washington Post, CBS News, Al-Monitor, Reuters, PressTV, News and Sentinel, Al Jazeera, Times of Israel, Straits.live tracker, Jerusalem Post. Figures on strike targets, casualties, and retaliation verified across outlets. Brent price and transit data from live tracker updated September 4. Wedding strike details from Iranian foreign ministry statements and CBS News reporting. Mediation rejection from Jerusalem Post analysis. Mojtaba Khamenei became Supreme Leader on March 8, 2026, following his father Ali Khamenei's assassination on February 28, 2026, per Wikipedia and Al Jazeera.
US Central Command struck approximately 100 Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps targets across Iran on September 1, marking a resumption of hostilities after a month-long pause and the first use of a declared tanker-for-tanker policy, according to GlobalSecurity.org and multiple outlets. The strikes targeted air defense sites, radars, mine-laying capabilities, communications infrastructure, anti-ship missile launchers, drone facilities, and two Iranian government-owned tankers, per GlobalSecurity.org and Washington Post reporting. Iranian authorities reported at least 18 killed, including five at a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, Sirik County in Hormozgan Province that the US struck, according to CBS News, Al-Monitor, and Iranian foreign ministry statements cited by Reuters and PressTV. Iran responded with approximately 25 ballistic missiles targeting US bases in Jordan and Kuwait and two dozen drones at Bahrain, though US officials reported no American casualties, according to Reuters, GlobalSecurity.org, and News and Sentinel. Iran added 11 more vessels to its Hormuz blacklist on September 2, per the existing entry, extending enforcement action already under way since the war began February 28. Brent crude traded around $95.52 per barrel by September 4, continuing its six-week climb from the Hormuz disruption, according to the Straits.live tracker. President Trump said on September 3 the US can hit Iran anytime we want, according to Al Jazeera. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first public message since the exchange resumed, per GlobalSecurity.org. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to commercial shipping, with only six vessels transiting on August 30 compared to the normal 85 per day, per the Straits.live tracker as of September 4. The escalation follows the February 28 joint US-Israeli attack on Iran that triggered the ongoing war, now in its 188th day according to the GlobalSecurity.org tracker. Vice President JD Vance said on September