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While fighting has abated in much of Iran, near-constant U.S. airstrikes in Qeshm island and other southern spots have upended lives and livelihoods.
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State of the Union: The strikes followed the reported downing of an American helicopter by an Iranian drone. The post BREAKING: U.S. Attacks Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Editor’s note: This is a developing story. The U.S. launched strikes against Iran Tuesday evening in response to the downing of an Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on social media. “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” CENTCOM said. President Donald Trump told ABC News that the response to the downed helicopter “should be very strong, very powerful, and that’s what this one is.” Initial reports indicated an Iranian drone had struck the helicopter but didn’t confirm whether the impact was intentional. But Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social that the Iranians had shot down the helicopter and “the United…Open
The U.S. military said it carried out ‘self-defense strikes’ over the weekend. Iran’s military said it had targeted a military base in retaliation for an American strike.
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The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely.” #Iranwar #Trump #peacedeal
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Military officials said that the strikes targeted missile sites near a major Iranian port that threatened U.S. ships.
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U.S. forces struck missile targets and mine-laying boats in southern Iran on the same day Donald Trump said peace negotiations were “proceeding nicely.”
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An injured Air Force colonel navigated rugged terrain with a bounty on his head after his F-15E was shot down in southern Iran, according to news reports.
Malachy Browne of our Visual Investigations team describes what satellite imagery and other evidence tell us about who might be responsible for an airstrike on an elementary school in southern Iran. The strike killed at least 175 people, according to health officials and Iranian state media.
The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were operating.