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US carries out new strikes in Iran against military site, official says
- U.S. forces conducted fresh strikes on an Iranian military site Wednesday, intercepting and shooting down multiple Iranian drones; officials cited threats to American forces and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Tensions escalated after President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian media report of a draft peace framework proposing Iran and Oman jointly manage Strait shipping, straining a ceasefire in place nearly seven weeks.
- The White House called the reported draft deal 'a complete fabrication,' while Trump declared, 'Nobody's going to control the strait'; Iran's parliamentary security chief Ebrahim Azizi countered that Tehran would not abandon uranium enrichment or Strait authority demands.
- Despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio claiming 'some progress' toward a deal, the nations remain far apart on uranium enrichment and Strait authority, with the European Central Bank warning the conflict could trigger global financial meltdown.
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US launches airstrikes in Iran but says ceasefire still holds
The U.S. said Wednesday that it launched new airstrikes on Iran and took out four drones even as a broader ceasefire still holds in the nearly three-month old conflict. The airstrikes struck a military site along the southern coast of Iran that was deemed a threat to American forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official told POLITICO. The strikes were accompanied by U.S. forces downing four Iranian drones that …
The U.S. military apparently attacked targets in Iran again. According to information from several American media, a military site was under attack. Government officials are quoted with the words from which
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