The United States launched fresh attacks against Iran on Thursday, prompting Tehran to retaliate, as US leaders accused their counterparts of dragging out negotiations for a deal to end the three-month war.<\/p>\n
The second straight day of tit-for-tat strikes, with Iran targeting US bases across the Gulf, sent oil prices rising again.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump, who had repeatedly said negotiations with Tehran were close to an end, said on Wednesday that Iran keeps \u201cplaying us for suckers\u201d and will now \u201chave to pay the price\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hours after, US Central Command (Centcom) said American forces began \u201cadditional self-defence strikes\u201d at 5:15pm on Wednesday Washington time \u2014 early Thursday in Iran \u2014 in response to what it called Tehran\u2019s \u201cunwarranted and continued aggression\u201d.<\/p>\n
Iranian media reported explosions across the south near the Strait of Hormuz, with explosions heard in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Minab, and sources reporting hits by \u201cenemy projectiles\u201d in Kargan and Sirik.<\/p>\n
Centcom said later that it had \u201ccompleted\u201d its strikes on \u201cIranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defence sites\u201d.<\/p>\n
American forces \u201cfired precision munitions on Iranian targets that posed a threat to US forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters\u201d, the command said.<\/p>\n
The renewed hostilities came as Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said that if Trump required it, \u201cwe\u2019ll negotiate with bombs, and we\u2019re very good at it\u201d.<\/p>\n
In response to the US strikes, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they had struck US targets on bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, and that they also \u201chit and destroyed Sheikh Isa air bases\u201d, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.<\/p>\n
Iranian media said the army had conducted drone strikes targeting communications antennas and radar facilities belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.<\/p>\n
An air raid alert was issued in Bahrain and residents were urged to \u201chead to the nearest safe place\u201d, the Gulf nation\u2019s interior ministry said on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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