— U.S. conducts new airstrikes on Iran, targeting aircraft hangars and drone sites; Iran retaliates with attacks in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait
— Iranian state media report explosions in seven provinces, including near a nuclear power plant
— Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels declare B
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