Iran War
Cars and residential buildings damaged in a U.S.-Israeli strike on March 8 remain in ruins in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026.
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The U.S. military has hit targets in Iran after it said Tehran tried to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East. This comes as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. The U.S. strikes, and others on Sunday, abruptly ended a month without military action and threatens to fully reprise a conflict that has spiked global oil prices and posed political problems for Republicans in November’s midterm congressional elections. The renewed fighting comes after President Donald Trump had appeared to pivot toward trying to bend Iran to his will through economic sanctions. Iran is promising its armed forces would deliver what they described as “crushing and devastating blows” against the U.S.
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