Iran Conflict Intensifies

US and Israeli airstrikes targeted Iranian oil depots, nuclear sites, and infrastructure, with death tolls reported in the hundreds to over 1,000 (including a school strike); Iran retaliated with missiles, blocked the Strait of Hormuz, and appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader after the prior leader’s death. Several US troops were killed.

Geopolitical escalation risks a wider regional war and immediate global energy disruption.