U.S. Strikes Southern Iran, Iraq Border Crossing on 12th Straight Night of Attacks

Iranian officials report a U.S. missile attack on a passenger terminal at a border crossing into Iraq killed two people and wounded 11 others. Separately, the U.S. struck sites across southern Iran, including Bushehr, Ahvaz, Jask, Andimeshk and Sirik. Iran responded with fresh missile and drone attacks on Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, where U.S. forces are based. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it had stopped three oil tankers from passing through the Strait of Hormuz. It said in a statement one of the ships exploded and caught fire, before the other two reversed course. Meanwhile, in Yemen, ⁠Iran-allied Houthi fighters announced they attacked two ​Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. A Saudi news agency later confirmed one ship was on fire. Oil prices climbed on the news, to nearly $100 a barrel. www.democracnynow.org