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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked two U.S. bases in Kuwait and one U.S. base in Bahrain, according to Reuters, marking a further escalation in the regional conflict.
The US has told Iran that it must fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz and renounce all attacks on commercial ships by Saturday.
"Ultimately, both sides need a deal soon given domestic vulnerabilities: looming U.S. midterms, Iran's economic and political fragilities."
Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was buried amid an escalating exchange of fire on the 132nd day of the war.
Following two days of retaliatory strikes, President Donald Trump paused the US-Iran conflict as former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is buried. Meanwhile, Iranian threats to the Strait of Hormuz have halted ceasefire hopes,
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, July 10 - The whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei have been a mystery to Iranians and the rest of the world alike since his appointment as supreme leader a week after the strike that killed his father at the end of February.
The absence of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei from the funeral ceremonies of Ali Khamenei raised questions about his health and fear of assassination, as well as indicating he may perform a quite different function as number one compared with his all-powerful father.
Following week-long funeral ceremonies, former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei was buried in his home city of Mashhad, state television reported, following a ceremony at which his son and successor was not seen.
