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US strikes hit southern Iranian ports in reported opening salvo
Explosions rocked Bandar Abbas and Sirik on 14 July 2026 in what regional monitors described as US airstrikes on the southern Iranian coast, marking a sharp escalation in the long-running shadow war between Washington and Tehran.

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