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Tehran struck U.S. allies across the Persian Gulf region on Sunday and American forces bombed Iran for an eighth straight night, with the interim peace deal dead and neither side backing down.
Last month’s agreement was meant to pause the fighting while the two sides worked toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which carries a fifth of the world’s traded oil in peacetime. But the accord has collapsed and Iran said on Saturday that it was suspending its commitments, accusing Washington of violating the deal first.
U.S. Central Command said its latest strikes, which concluded early Sunday, were designed to “swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces“ for an attack in Jordan on Friday that killed two American service members, and to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten shipping in the strait. The attacks hit Iranian coastal surveillance and air defense sites, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage facilities.
Iran’s joint military command said in a statement carried by state media that U.S. “covetousness, bullying, totalitarianism or brutality” would meet a “devastating response.”
