US tightens grip on Iran while insisting diplomacy still possible

France 24 reports that the United States carried out overnight strikes targeting Iranian transport infrastructure, including bridges, between July seventeenth and eighteenth. The attacks represent a further escalation in hostilities that resumed more than a week ago near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Even as the military campaign intensifies, the White House maintains that the possibility of diplomatic resolution remains alive.

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