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US hits dozens of targets in Iran overnight threatening peace efforts

Central command says strikes were aimed at diminishing Iranian military while mediators insist talks ongoing The US military has struck dozens of targets in Iran overnight in retaliation for Tehran’s attack on American forces in Jordan on Wednesday, sparking a further Iranian response and threatening prospects for negotiations to achieve a permanent peace. The strikes – the first in more than five days – were launched hours after the US president, Donald Trump, vowed to hit Iran “very hard” following Tehran’s targeting of a base in Jordan that hosts American troops. The latest attacks come after a days-long pause in violence between the two sides .

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US Central Command said it hit dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran , including military command centres, as well as missile and drone facilities, in a two-hour wave of strikes. “The strikes aimed to further diminish threats posed by Iran and its proxies to American forces, commercial shipping, and neighbouring Gulf countries,” it said in a statement. The Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of primarily Shia Iranian-backed armed groups that is officially under the command of the Iraqi military, said at least 20 fighters were killed and 32 wounded in the overnight strikes .

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Central command says strikes were aimed at diminishing Iranian military while mediators insist talks ongoing The US military has struck dozens of targets in Iran overnight in retaliation for Tehran’s attack on American forces in Jordan on Wednesday, sparking a further Iranian response and threatening prospects for negotiations to achieve a permanent peace. The strikes – the first in more than five days – were launched hours after the US president, Donald Trump, vowed to hit Iran “very hard” following Tehran’s targeting of a base in Jordan that hosts American troops. The latest attacks come after a days-long pause in violence between the two sides .
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