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Iran War Spreads as Israel Bombs Tehran Oil Depots

Israel has struck oil infrastructure in Tehran and continued attacks on Gulf states, with the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia all reporting hits despite Iran's president offering to halt strikes on neighbours — an offer Iran's own military promptly contradicted. A classified US intelligence review has concluded the war is unlikely to produce regime change, quietly undermining the core rationale for the campaign. Satellite imagery confirms extensive damage at multiple Iranian military bases in the conflict's second week.

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