Iran suffers heaviest strikes to date, despite markets betting war ends soon
The United States and Israel launched what officials and witnesses described as the most intense airstrikes of the war on Iran, as Tehran fired missiles toward central Israel and Iran-aligned forces expanded drone attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf. The escalation deepened fears over energy security in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened to block oil shipments unless the strikes stop.
Israel’s military said it began “an additional wave of strikes” on targets in Tehran shortly after explosions were…