Ahmedabad Times

Individuals stand on a bridge destroyed after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran. (Picture: AP)

US warplanes hit Iranian targets once more Saturday night, marking an eighth straight night time of strikes as President Trump ordered retaliation for the deaths of two American troops in Jordan. The strikes got here hours after Tehran declared it was strolling away from the truce framework reached with Washington final month, with Iran’s supreme chief dismissing Trump’s signature on the deal as meaningless.

The Pentagon confirmed the most recent spherical of strikes started at 6pm ET, launched in direct response to an assault that killed two US service members and left a 3rd lacking in Jordan  the primary American fight deaths from Iranian hearth since March. The losses push whole US navy fatalities within the battle to 16, with over 400 wounded since combating resumed. In the meantime, Tehran’s Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei used a written assertion to accuse Washington of repeatedly violating their prior agreements, successfully signaling Iran now not considers itself sure by final month’s ceasefire phrases.

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Newest developments:

• US forces struck Iran once more Saturday at Trump’s course, the eighth consecutive night time of bombing.
• Two American troops had been killed and a 3rd went lacking in a Jordan assault blamed on Iranian missiles and drones.
• The Jordan deaths carry whole US fatalities within the warfare to 16, with greater than 400 wounded.
• Iran’s supreme chief referred to as Trump’s signature “nugatory,” accusing the US of breaking its phrase.
• Kuwaiti firefighters had been injured battling blazes from Iranian strikes on civilian infrastructure.

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