US and Iran exchange strikes for the third day

AI Summary

The U.S. and Iran engaged in a three-day exchange of military strikes including American attacks on Iranian sites and Iranian missile launches at U.S. bases in Jordan and Bahrain. Tensions are escalating politically with threats of a blockade of Iranian ports and increased charges for passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

A serious escalation is occurring in the fighting between the US and Iran. Overnight and into this morning, the American military targeted sites across the Islamic Republic – while Iran fired ballistic missiles at US airbases in Jordan and Bahrain. There has been an escalation in the war of words too: President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Details and analysis by Scott Lucas, professor of US and international politics at the Clinton Institute of University College Dublin.