Iran proves it can still inflict damage despite waves of US attacks

The Guardian reports that Iran retains the capacity to strike back despite sustained US bombardment. A leaked US intelligence assessment concluded that Iran still held about seventy percent of its missiles and launchers after a thirty-eight-day spring campaign, and the two sides have now traded blows for six consecutive nights. On Friday, US missiles fired from jets, drones and warships hit Iranian ports and the south of the country, collapsing a tower at Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman and striking highways and bridges leading into the key port of Bandar Abbas. According to the paper, Tehran and Washington remain far apart diplomatically, with signs pointing toward further escalation rather than restraint.

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