WorldMeanwhile, Trump on Monday said that the United States would take control of the Strait of Hormuz and could permanently oversee its security after accusing Iran of breaking a military agreement and continuing to send drones into the strategic waterway.
Videos circulating on social media also showed hundreds of locals in the occupied territory, especially women, marching against repression, high taxes, power tariffs, and arbitrary arrests.
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During the attacks, several explosions were heard in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. Iranian authorities confirmed that the nearby island of Qeshm was also attacked. According to Qeshm Governor Hossein Amir Teymouri, 10 to 11 "enemy shells" landed on the island.
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n the first phase of its punitive response, IRGC naval and aerospace forces launched a joint missile and drone strike on US Camp Arifjan and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, and on its bases in Juffair and at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain," the IRGC was quoted as saying by Press TV.
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"US. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces completed an additional round of strikes against Iran, July 8, to further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping and innocent civilian mariners in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets," the command said on X on Wednesday night.
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