Iran, Tehran and Trump
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The United States threatened more devastating strikes. Iran accused Washington of hitting a wedding party, killing four people and wounding dozens.
The US military launched new waves of strikes on military installations along Iran's southern coast. Tehran responded immediately with missile and drone attacks in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait,
U.S. Central Command announced new strikes around the Strait of Hormuz following Iranian attacks on ships and U.S. military personnel. Iran said it retaliated.
The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. will target financial lifelines to Iran, raising risks for foreign banks, businesses and energy trade.
US strikes on Iranian launchers near the Strait of Hormuz triggered ballistic missile retaliation as Brent crude climbed above $90 a barrel Monday.
Despite Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s vow of an ‘economic D-Day’ for Iran, the US is holding off on imposing the biggest penalties.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has been a key mediator in the conflict, even as his country has blamed Tehran for hundreds of missile and drone attacks.
Iran has spent years setting up a complex system of oil sales and clandestine shadow banking that it hopes will sustain its economy and military.
Fears of supply shortages have led to long queues at petrol stations in Tehran. Motorists in the Iranian capital were waiting at the petrol pumps in the middle of the night, residents said on Friday.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, lead negotiator in talks with Washington, made the comments after President Trump vowed an “economic D-Day” against Iran.