The United States has launched its most intense wave of strikes against Iran, with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirming over 5,000 targets hit since the conflict began. Seven American service members have been killed and approximately 140 injured, while President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran 20 times harder if it continues disrupting oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz with naval mines. Democrats are demanding an independent investigation into a deadly strike near an Iranian primary school that killed 170 people, including many children.

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