The Lingering Questions About Recent Iran Strikes: Unexplained airstrikes hit southern Iran on Thursday, July 9, only hours after the United States had announced it had completed a new, major military operation targeting 90 Iranian military sites. When additional explosions came, many analysts assumed it was a continuation of U.S. strikes – but those reports, which span multiple provinces, have not been claimed by any country so far. The strikes occurred as funeral ceremonies for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei continued.
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