APTOPIX Israel Iran War

Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel’s Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast. Those attacks came Tuesday after President Donald Trump said the United States was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. With thousands more U.S. Marines on their way to the Gulf, both sides firing intense barrages and Iran denying any negotiations are taking place, the war’s tempo remained high. A day earlier, Trump delayed his self-imposed deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Pakistan has offered to host diplomatic talks. But Iran remained defiant. The spokesman of its top military command said that the armed forces would fight “until complete victory.”