\n \u2022 US forces struck several locations in the Iranian coastal province of Bushehr<\/a> around midday local time, Iranian media said. The perimeter of a nuclear power plant and a pier for fishing boats were among the targets, according to a regional official quoted by state media IRNA. Washington has not confirmed carrying out these latest attacks, but the reports follow a wave of earlier US strikes<\/a> overnight into Thursday.\n <\/p>\n The US has struck Iran at least 170 times in two days. But what is the goal?\n <\/p>\n The US military says it has carried out at least 170 strikes on Iran over the last two nights as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz have flared once again. CNN’s Paula Hancocks explains whether this latest exchange could be different.<\/p>\n The US has struck Iran at least 170 times in two days. But what is the goal?<\/p>\n 1:22<\/p>\n \n \u2022 Iranian state media also released images of several burned boats<\/a> that it said were damaged by US airstrikes.\n <\/p>\n \n \u2022 Jets rumbled onto the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln<\/a> in the Arabian Sea, where CNN\u2019s Pamela Brown is reporting during flight operations today.\n <\/p>\n \n \u2022 Qatar\u2019s foreign minister held high-level calls with his Iranian, Saudi and UAE counterparts as Gulf states endure increasing volatility in the region<\/a>. Doha also condemned attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and stressed the need for dialogue and diplomacy.\n <\/p>\n \n \u2022 Meanwhile, thousands of mourners filled the streets of Mashhad, Iran, as the country\u2019s deceased supreme leader\u2019s coffin arrived, wishing to bid the ruler of almost four decades farewell. Many clutched red-colored banners and red flags symbolizing vengeance<\/a> for their leader\u2019s killing. A banner emblazoned with the words, \u201cHey TRUMP We will kill you\u201d was also draped across the crowd. CNN has been reporting on how Tehran\u2019s projection of unity during the funeral does not capture the full spectrum of responses<\/a> from Iranians.\n <\/p>\n \n CNN\u2019s Jomana Karadsheh, Sarah Tamimi, Tim Lister, Aida Karimi and Nadeen Ebrahim contributed reporting.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the day goes on, we\u2019re learning more about the latest reported attacks across the Middle East, where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,7788,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-534386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-hnk","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"22791056](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/22791056-paula-iran-vv-00-00-03-28-still001.jpg\")
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