LIVE Iran is firing drones and missiles in response to US strikes, Iranian semiofficial media says

Live updates: Iran fires drones and missiles in response to US strikes, Iranian semiofficial media notes.

Key points

• Monday additionally brought the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
• Earlier Tuesday, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian remarked his country was ready to return to a ceasefire agreement brokered with the U.S.
• Top Democrat on House Foreign Affairs Committee notes Hegseth must go.
• The Fars and Tasnim news agencies, seen as close to Iran's security forces, documented late Tuesday that it had rolled out such operations.
• The House passed the bill by a vote of 370-48.

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As hostilities flare again after a month without military action, iranian semiofficial media remarked Tuesday the country has begun firing missiles and drones in response to U.S. Strikes. Hours earlier, the U.S. Military remarked it was striking new targets in Iran over recent attempted attacks against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The renewed fighting, which the U.S. Military has tried to cast as limited, comes after President Donald Trump appeared to pivot last month toward punishing Iran economically with sanctions.

Trump had acknowledged Monday that more strikes might be necessary a day after the U.S. Military remarked it struck rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by launching missiles at U.S. Sites in Jordan. It were intercepted, while the United Arab Emirates remarked it ceased an Iranian drone over its waters.

Monday additionally brought the latest departure of a top military leader during the Trump administration: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. This person is stepping down after 18 months on the job.

Notably, the U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the mail-voting process relied upon by one-third of all voters, according to a whistleblower statement published Tuesday by Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

JUST IN: Explosions are seen over the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba as Iran notes it is retaliating for US strikes. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Iranian official notes two residents were killed when a US strike hit a house hosting a wedding.

For context, a U.S. Strike hit a home where a wedding ceremony was being held in Kuhestak in southern Iran, killing two individuals and wounding others, Ahmad Nafisi, Hormozgan Province's deputy governor, informed Iranian state television in a phone call. Top Democrat on House Foreign Affairs Committee notes Hegseth must go.

Rep. Gregory Meeks remarked the resignation of Driscoll has left him concerned concerning the Pentagon, and the military leadership overall.

Driscoll is the latest in a string of military leaders leaving their posts or being pushed out under Hegseth. Democrats are determined to conduct oversight of Hegseth's leadership, if the party wins control of Congress in fall.

"Hegseth needs to go, there's no question about that, " remarked Meeks of New York.

JUST IN: Iranian official notes two residents were killed when a US strike hit a house where a wedding was taking place. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Trump notes US strikes target Iranian effort to rebuild radar.

For context, the president informed Fox News that the latest round of strikes focused heavily on efforts to reconstruct radar that had been decimated by earlier U.S.-Israel strikes in the six-month old conflict.

Trump, in a phone call with the network, remarked the U.S. Military had been monitoring Iran's efforts to rebuild radar systems and waited until the work was almost completed before carrying out the strikes, according correspondent Trey Yingst.

Earlier Tuesday, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian remarked his country was ready to return to a ceasefire agreement brokered with the U.S. In June if Washington was willing to abide by the terms.

But Trump appeared to pour cold water on the possibility of a return to the ceasefire, at least in the near term. Yingst remarked Trump informed him, "I think an agreement with them isn't worth the paper it's written on."

Iranian semiofficial media say Iran is firing drones and missiles in response to US strikes.

Iranian semiofficial media say the country has begun firing missiles and drones in response to U.S. Strikes.

Meanwhile, the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, seen as close to Iran's security forces, documented late Tuesday that it had rolled out such operations. This came after the U.S. Military hit targets in Iran after it remarked Tehran tried to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months.

JUST IN: Iranian semiofficial media say Iran is firing drones and missiles in response to US strikes. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. House Foreign Affairs chairman backs new Iran strikes.

"Wisdom would be the exact word I would use, " Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., remarked after the U.S. Military hit new targets in Iran on Tuesday.

"You have an enemy that has waged a forever war against us, " he remarked.

When asked whether the new hostilities would be a reason for Congress to hold a formal vote backing the war in Iran, Mast remarked such a move was "not necessarily" needed.

"I don't think that they need a declaration of war to be conducting strikes against an imminent threat against the United States of America, which is what Iran is, " Mast remarked.

House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election.

Meanwhile, the House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal administration into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection.

Lawmakers needed to act before the fiscal year concludes at the end of September to avoid a funding lapse. They were determined not to bump up against that deadline during the campaign season after this past year's historic shutdowns.

For context, the House passed the bill by a vote of 370-48. The Senate has already overwhelmingly approved the measure, so it now moves to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature.

"It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid, " remarked Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.

Taken together, the developments around lIVE  Iran is firing drones and missiles in response to US strikes, Iranian point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.