CENTCOM conducted a second major strike wave overnight into July 9, hitting ~90 additional targets: air defense, coastal surveillance, missile and drone storage, naval assets, and logistics nodes. Combined with the July 7-8 wave, cumulative US strikes now exceed 170 targets over two nights.
Iran retaliated by widening the target set beyond Bahrain and Kuwait for the first time. Iranian state media say the IRGC hit a Patriot battery, a satellite antenna, and US fuel-depot infrastructure in Qatar; that damage claim is single-sourced to Tehran and unconfirmed by Washington or Doha. Iran also fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, which hosts US forces. Jordan's state news agency says 8 of 10 were intercepted, with no casualties or damage reported.
Iran's Ministry of Health says 14 people were killed and 78 injured across the two nights of US strikes, a figure that is Tehran-sourced and not independently verified. Khamenei's burial proceeded on schedule at Mashhad's Imam Reza Shrine despite the active exchange, undercutting earlier expectations that Washington would pause strikes for the funeral period. Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf hardened Iran's post-funeral position, saying the strait reopens only "under Iranian arrangements" and reiterating that Iran will begin charging transit tolls once its toll-free window lapses in mid-August.
Watch for: independent confirmation or denial of the Qatar and Jordan damage claims, further widening of Iranian retaliation targets, and whether a Doha round is scheduled now that the funeral period has concluded.