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  • Jul 17

    US strikes Iranian bridges, railway station and airport in sixth night of attacks near Strait of Hormuz

    American airstrikes hit two bridges, a railway station and an airport in southern Iran, killing three and wounding at least 12, as the US campaign to degrade Iran's military capabilities entered its sixth consecutive night.

  • Jul 8

    US strikes over 80 targets in Iran after Hormuz ship attacks, reimposes oil sanctions

    American forces bombed air defenses, missile sites, and IRGC boats across southern Iran overnight, retaliating for attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington also canceled Iran's oil export license, and Tehran vowed a decisive response.

  • Jun 10

    US strikes southern Iran after Apache downed by Shahed drone, Tehran fires back with missiles

    American forces struck targets in southern Iran on Tuesday evening after a US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter was shot down by an Iranian Shahed drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guards responded hours later with missiles and drones aimed at American positions in the region.

  • Jun 1

    US and Iran trade strikes across the Persian Gulf as ceasefire talks stall and oil prices surge past $90

    American warplanes struck Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend, and Tehran retaliated by launching ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Kuwait, deepening the three-month-old conflict and pushing crude oil above $90 a barrel.

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