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Politics

U.S. carries out new military strikes in Iran

Washington Post Politics · September 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM

The American strikes were in response to attempted attacks by Iran on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. service members in the Middle East, military officials at Central Command said.

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