Iran and the US: Months of escalating tensions

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TEHRAN: Tensions between Iran and the United States have been steadily escalating for months. READ: Iran fires missiles at US troop bases in ...

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FILE PHOTO: People walk near a burnt bank, after protests against increased fuel prices, in Tehran, Iran November 20, 2019. Picture taken November 20, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA via REUTERS The strikes are in retaliation for rocket attacks against US interests in Iraq, including one in which a US civilian contractor is killed on Dec 27.

Burning debris are seen on a road near Baghdad International Airport, which according to Iraqi paramilitary groups were caused by three rockets hitting the airport in Iraq, January 3, 2020, in this image obtained via social media. Iraqi Security Media Cell via REUTERSIRAN RESPONDS WITH MISSILES

 

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