The US and Iran exchanged fresh strikes for a seventh consecutive night into Saturday morning (18 July), with Iran claiming it struck US military assets in Bahrain, including aircraft hangars and fuel tanks at the Sheikh Isa Air Base.
Iran says it has launched fresh operations targeting maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, where the US has also resumed its own blockade.
Tehran claimed its forces stopped four vessels in the Strait, while Iranian state media reported that two oil tankers caught fire and exploded after passing through what it described as a mined route.
The US military rejected that account as false.
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