Iran Conflict Intensifies US and Israeli airstrikes

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.