Live updates: Academics killed in Israeli strike; Trump warns Iran away from World Cup
The U.S. and Israel showed no sign of halting the war, striking Tehran again as an attack on a Beirut seafront where displaced people were sheltering killed eight.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it attacked a vessel off Iraq and released video it claims shows the moment the ship was hit.
What to Know
- In his first statementsince being appointed,Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei vowed that Iranwould continue toblock the Strait of Hormuz and assure citizensthat "we will not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs." - Iran attacked commercial ships around the Strait of Hormuz and Iraq's port of Basra, escalating a campaign of squeezing the oil-rich Gulf regionas global energy concerns mount. - The U.S. is “simply not ready” to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this morning. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later said he thinks the U.S. Navy will begin escorting vessels through the besieged strait "as soon as it is militarily possible." - Over a thousand people in Iranand hundreds more throughout the region have been killed. At least seven American soldiers died in retaliatory attacks, with dozens more wounded. - As the war with Iran entered its 13th day, the financial costs continue to mount. The Pentagon told Congress the first six days alone cost more than $11.3 billion.
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