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US launches new strikes on Iran as Tehran hits back in widening conflict

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US launches new strikes on Iran as Tehran hits back in widening conflict
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The US launched a barrage of airstrikes on Iran on Tuesday, September 1, prompting Iranian retaliation in the most serious escalation in weeks in a conflict that has driven up global energy prices and weighed on President Donald Trump’s popularity at home.



The strikes followed a weekend exchange of fire – the first since July – and attacks on Monday, September 1,  on two tankers leaving the Strait of Hormuz, the global oil supply waterway that Iran has effectively closed to shippin

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