Iran war

Angered by the deaths of three U.S. service members but facing the war’s unpopularity at home, Trump has limited options.

Critical water and power infrastructure sites have been damaged as the U.S. and Iran continue to trade strikes, while the parched Middle East reels from temperatures of 100 degrees and beyond.

TEHRAN, Iran — As the U.S. military restarted its bombardment of Iran, Mitra, a 32-year-old architect, got a familiar sinking feeling, while explosions rocked parts of the country which have not been targeted since spring.

The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic.

Jared Genser, a lawyer who has been involved with high-profile cases of U.S. citizens detained in Iran, named the released citizen as his client, Dena Karari.

President Trump’s plan to impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz, a decision he later reversed, broke with global norms and would likely have been unenforceable.

The U.S. military early Wednesday reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports over Tehran’s attacks on ships trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, sparking new strikes on nations hosting American forces as an interim deal to end the war further unraveled.

The United States was set to reimpose its naval blockade of Iran on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump looks to find an edge in the spiraling clash for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States and Iran traded a new round of attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end the war.

Defense officials asked for more than $67 billion. But Congress hasn’t approved the money yet, in part because of frustrations over information about the war with Iran.