Good morning, everyone. It’s Monday. Welcome to day 141 of the Iran war. Truthfully, this is wearing me down. Nothing ever seems to fully escalate or retreat. It’s groundhog week #20 of this affair. Still, I have the sense that this could all really spiral out of control at any moment, so I continue to pay very close attention.
A Weekend of Attacks
There were so many strikes and counterstrikes that it would be quite lengthy to catalogue them all here. As of this morning, the US had attacked:
- Konarak,
- Chabahar,
- Gordim,
- Boo Musa Island,
- Jask port,
- Sirik,
- Hajiabad,
- Bushehr,
- Bandar Imam Khomeini,
- Chegeni,
- Khormoj,
- Azadegan,
- Urmia vicinity
Perhaps the most egregious target selected and struck by the US was Iran’s only self-made nuclear plant that was under construction:
🚨What an absolutely horrible target to choose! I mean, unless the goal is to cause the war to escalate further and result in a global catastrophe. Then this was a genius decision. 👇 https://t.co/sPo7CRV6gq
— Chris Martenson (@chrismartenson) July 19, 2026
Iran attacked:
- Kuwait
- Jordan
- Bahrain
- Saudi Arabia
Notably, Iran really put the hurt on several Jordanian US airbases, killing two US servicemen and a servicewoman, and injuring a much larger number (as yet unconfirmed).
Iran claims it wounded and killed many more than CENTCOM is currently admitting. Who knows? I take all claims with giant grains of salt from both sides:
BREAKING: Iran's IRGC announces that it destroyed 20 hangars housing US forces at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, killing "dozens" of US service members, and explicitly thanking "the people of Jordan for sincere cooperation and accurate information" that enabled the…
— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) July 20, 2026
But the NYTimes agrees:
PENTAGON WITHHELD DOZENS OF U.S. MILITARY INJURIES IN IRAN WAR: NYT
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) July 20, 2026
Given the satellite images that came out this morning, I would expect the casualty count to be far higher than currently admitted by CENTCOM.
New satellite images show Iran hit the US Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base with a much larger, precise missile salvo, destroying several hangars & aircraft shelters, including:• Several additional aircraft hangars destroyed• At least 3-4 used for US MQ-9 drone destroyed• US… https://t.co/jdfniJt7Lb pic.twitter.com/pb8lknL46a
— Arya Yadegaar (@AryJeayBackup) July 20, 2026
Iranian attacks were very precise even from more than 1,000 km away.The mapping provided by @soaratlas gives us a clear idea of both the precision of Iranian strikes and the sheer size of American bases in the Middle East. These are vast areas that would require hundreds of… pic.twitter.com/Yic48Zskdk
— Patricia Marins (@pati_marins64) July 20, 2026
Jordan claimed to have successfully intercepted all the missiles fired at the Aqaba base. The videos say otherwise:
لحظة سقوط الصواريخ الايرانية بشكل مباشر على اهدافها في العقبة الاردن#ايران pic.twitter.com/lNyXnC7tZn
— الاهواز ايران (@alahvaziran) July 19, 2026
How bad are things
by cmartenson 
