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US strikes Iran for fourth consecutive day
US forces have hit Iran for four straight days, targeting the southern port city of Bushehr — home to Iran's only civilian nuclear plant — and firing missiles into an oil tanker attempting to breach the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Iran has declared any peace deal void, calling this an 'existential war,' while air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait. Trump's former defense secretary Mark Esper has warned publicly that bombing alone will not change Tehran's behavior.
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