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US expands strikes into northern Iran and disables ship
AP News • • nation
Key Points:
- The United States escalated strikes against Iran, targeting areas further north including near Tehran, and disabled an oil tanker attempting to breach its naval blockade on Iran's main oil export terminal.
- Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks on Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait, warning that its attacks could intensify, while Iranian officials reported over 35 killed and 300 wounded from U.S. strikes.
- The ongoing conflict has effectively ended the interim deal to halt the Iran war, with the Strait of Hormuz—a critical shipping route—at the center of tensions after Iran closed it to shipping early in the conflict.
- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Iran is open to a peace deal but also reaffirmed the U.S. naval blockade, while Iran’s military warned that any attack on its infrastructure would provoke severe retaliation.
- The fighting has complicated regional stability, with Iraq condemning a drone attack amid efforts to disarm Iranian-backed militias, and mediators struggling to ease the escalating hostilities.
