US expands Iran attacks as Trump warns Tehran and Houthis over Red Sea strikes
Smoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas in Iran’s Hormozgan province before dawn on Friday. Photograph: Social Media/ReutersView image in fullscreenSmoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas in Iran’s Hormozgan province before dawn on Friday. This despite the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, claiming a day earlier that Iran was begging for a ceasefire.
- ▪Smoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas in Iran’s Hormozgan province before dawn on Friday.
- ▪Photograph: Social Media/ReutersView image in fullscreenSmoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas in Iran’s Hormozgan province before dawn on Friday.
- ▪This despite the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, claiming a day earlier that Iran was begging for a ceasefire.
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Smoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas in Iran’s Hormozgan province before dawn on Friday. Photograph: Social Media/ReutersView image in fullscreenSmoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas in Iran’s Hormozgan province before dawn on Friday. Photograph: Social Media/ReutersUS-Israel war on IranUS expands Iran attacks as Trump warns Tehran and Houthis over Red Sea strikesNo end to fighting in sight as Revolutionary Guards launch drones at targets in Bahrain, Jordan and KuwaitPeter Beaumont Senior international correspondent Fri 24 Jul 2026 13.10 EDTLast modified on Fri 24 Jul 2026 13.31 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe US struck targets across Iran on Friday, reaching as far as the Caspian Sea, as Donald Trump threatened “major military punishment”…
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