US launches fresh strikes against Iran
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The US said it had launched a fresh wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday as President Donald Trump warned Tehran it "better behave". The US military said "Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels" moving through the Strait of Hormuz had been targeted.
Iran-US conflict escalates as the US resumes military strikes and naval blockade on Iran, imposing a 20% fee for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran vows retaliation amid rising oil prices and regional tensions.
Trump warned that the U.S. will target Iranian infrastructure next week if negotiations do not resume.
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The US military said one of its aircraft fired on and disabled an empty oil tanker that was trying to break the naval blockade of Iran’s ports
Explosions were heard across Iran overnight, shortly after neighbouring Gulf states began to report attacks.
By Enas Alashray, Tala Ramadan and Yomna Ehab CAIRO/DUBAI, July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. launched two waves of attacks on Iran's coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval blockade of its ports,
Strikes have hit closer to Tehran for the first time since the latest wave of attacks started.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say their latest attacks are retaliation for US actions, vow to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, claim to have struck a US logistics centre in Kuwait, and warn that other oil and gas export routes linked to the US and its allies could also be shut.
Oil prices rose for a fourth straight day as America and Iran continued to attack one another. America said it had completed a “90-minute wave” of strikes seeking to “degrade Iran’s ability to threaten innocent mariners”.
The U.S. reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign Wednesday in retaliation for Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The American strikes hit an Iranian army barracks,
The US hit dozens of Iranian targets in a fourth night of strikes, the US military said as it reimposed a naval blockade on Iran ports. Follow along for live updates.
