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Coverage timeline for “iran us launches conflict”

Friday, May 15, 2026
- Futures Tumble As Reality Returns And Yields, Oil And Dollar SoarZeroHedge•12:43 PM
Monday, May 18, 2026
- Stocks fall and oil prices gain after Trump warns the Iran ‘clock is ticking’ - AP NewsGoogle News•4:39 AM
- Revised Iranian proposal to end war shared with US, Pakistani source says - ReutersGoogle News•8:16 AM
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- Rubio says Iran deal could take days as US launches fresh strikes - ReutersGoogle News•3:58 AM
- Rubio says US-Iran peace deal could take ‘a few more days’ - politico.euGoogle News•9:01 AM
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
- S&P Futures At Daily Record High Because RAM And World PeaceZeroHedge•12:10 PM
Thursday, May 28, 2026
- Futures Fall, Oil Rises As Mideast Violence Flares Up ZeroHedge•12:14 PM
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
- Futures Rise As Tech Rebound Extends While Oil DropsZeroHedge•12:38 PM
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
- US launches airstrikes on Iran after blaming Tehran for helicopter crash, prompting retaliationAP•5:53 AM
- US launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran - Financial TimesGoogle News•9:59 PM
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- US launches a second day of strikes on Iran and Iran fires back at Gulf States and JordanAP•5:23 AM
- Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Fresh Attacks - The New York TimesGoogle News•6:48 AM
- US Attack Renders Ceasefire 'Meaningless', Iran Says, As US Forces Disable Third Tanker This WeekZeroHedge•11:45 AM
- Bessent Pulls Trigger On Using Frozen Funds To Reimburse Gulf Allies: 'Iran Will Pay'ZeroHedge•2:00 PM
Monday, June 15, 2026
- A history of Iran’s nuclear program and tensions with the US as an interim deal is reachedAP•6:23 AM
Thursday, June 18, 2026
- US-Iran MOU Eases Energy Prices But Faces Sharp Pushback From Israel And GOP HawksZeroHedge•2:25 PM
Sunday, June 21, 2026
- Vance 'Skeptical' That Iran Closed Hormuz Strait Again, Pentagon Declares Safe Passage Remains 'Intact Today'ZeroHedge•9:44 AM
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
- "Optimism Has Picked Up": Retail Operators See Consumer Relief After Gas Prices TumbleZeroHedge•12:30 AM
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- Middle East conflict live: US says it has launched new strikes on Iran - Financial TimesGoogle News•10:19 PM
Friday, July 10, 2026
- Futures Flat As Traders Brace For Weekend Iran EscalationZeroHedge•12:07 PM
Monday, July 13, 2026
- Iran war live: Sirens in Bahrain as Iran escalates attacks after more US strikes - ReutersGoogle News•2:17 AM
- Iran launches retaliatory attacks after fresh US strikes – as it happened - The GuardianGoogle News•4:39 AM
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
- Live updates: Iran war news; US and Iran intensify conflict, with naval blockade set to resume - CNNGoogle News•10:50 PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- Trump held Situation Room meeting on massive new Iran strikes - AxiosGoogle News•3:01 AM
- U.S. launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran, as analysts warn conflict risks becoming 'forever war' - CNBCGoogle News•9:24 AM
- US launches new strikes on Iran - PoliticoGoogle News•1:00 PM
- US launches ‘wave of strikes’ on Iran after Trump tells Iran that power plants, bridges will be targeted if no deal is made – Middle East crisis live - The GuardianGoogle News•1:32 PM
- Iran War Latest: U.S. launches new wave of strikes in escalating battle over Strait of Hormuz - CBS NewsGoogle News•2:36 PM
Friday, July 17, 2026
- Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Expands Airstrikes With Attacks on Bridges and a Port in Southern Iran - The New York TimesGoogle News•8:24 PM
- US launches seventh night of Iran strikes as Hormuz conflict escalatesThe Guardian — World•8:52 PM
Saturday, July 18, 2026
- US launches seventh night of Iran strikes as Hormuz conflict escalates - The GuardianGoogle News•1:25 AM
- U.S. Strikes Leave Iranians Isolated and Scared - The New York TimesGoogle News•4:02 PM
Sunday, July 19, 2026
- Middle East crisis live: US launches new round of airstrikes to ‘swiftly punish’ Iran after American troops killedThe Guardian — World•7:47 AM
- US says another troop killed as Israel warns Tehran’s attacks coming closeThe Guardian — World•8:16 PM
- US Launches Ninth Wave of Iran Strikes as Conflict Escalates - Bloomberg.comGoogle News•11:28 PM
Monday, July 20, 2026
- US targets Iran in ninth night of strikes in wake of US troop deaths – Middle East crisis live - The GuardianGoogle News•12:38 AM
- US launches ninth night of Iran strikes as strait of Hormuz standoff sees oil price pass $90 a barrel - The GuardianGoogle News•3:11 AM
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
- The 'Southern Front' Of The Ukrainian Conflict Is Heating UpZeroHedge•6:00 AM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- Breaking: Iran Launches Missiles at US Base in Surprise Attack - US Forces Downed Every Single OneThe Western Journal•1:30 AM
- Trump Vows To Hit Iran 'Hard' As Rare Joint US-Saudi Strikes Pound Iraq, Killing 20 MilitantsZeroHedge•12:45 PM
- Iran Launches Missiles at US Base in Surprise Attack — US Forces Respond in KindCharisma News•1:55 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
- US Senate rejects bid to rein in Trump’s authority over Iran warThe Guardian — World•7:29 PM
Monday, August 10, 2026
- Futures Erase Overnight Gains As Oil Hits One-Week High, Yen SlidesZeroHedge•12:21 PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- "Sea Of Red": Futures Slide As Market Wakes Up To Soaring Bond Yields And Diesel PricesZeroHedge•12:30 PM
Friday, August 21, 2026
- Houthis Claim Fourth Attack On Saudi Aramco Refineries This MonthZeroHedge•6:45 AM
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Futures Flat Ahead Of Key PCE Report, Nvidia EarningsZeroHedge•12:12 PM
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- US launches strikes on Iran following 'attempted attacks in Strait' - BBCGoogle News•9:48 PM
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- US launches further strikes on Iran as conflict flares up - Financial TimesGoogle News•1:30 PM

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