US, Israel Strike Iranian Sites as Hormuz Deadline Approaches

Airstrikes by the United States and Israel targeted infrastructure across Iran on Tuesday, hitting bridges, railway lines, a train station and other sites in Tehran and surrounding areas, as a deadline set by President Donald Trump for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz loomed without a resolution in sight.

The strikes, which Iranian officials linked to efforts to pressure the country amid the ongoing war, caused at least 15 deaths according to state media reports, including two people killed on a railway bridge in Kashan and others in residential neighborhoods near Tehran. Explosions rocked the capital, with damage reported to power transmission lines and a substation in Karaj, leading to outages in parts of the city. Israel's military issued a warning in Farsi earlier in the day, advising civilians to avoid trains and railway areas, and later confirmed operations against transport and petrochemical facilities, including a site in Shiraz. Neither the United States nor Israel immediately claimed responsibility for all attacks, but officials described them as aimed at disrupting Iran's economy and military logistics. Additional strikes hit Khorramabad International Airport...