Along the ancient chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world's oil has long flowed between civilizations, the United States and Iran have entered a new and more dangerous phase of their conflict — one in which a month of fragile quiet has given way to strikes reaching toward Tehran itself. The fight is, at its core, a contest over who commands a narrow passage of water, and with it, the arteries of the global economy. Both nations are signaling not restraint, but resolve, even as the human cost accumulates and the world watches oil prices and diplomatic channels with equal
U.S. intensifies Iran strikes as collapsed ceasefire triggers escalating regional conflict
Iranian officials report over 35 people killed and 300+ wounded from U.S. strikes; additional casualties reported in strikes on residential areas and military barracks.