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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent

Iran targets US bases as Israel warns sanctions could drive Tehran to ‘desperate steps’

A woman crosses a Tehran street past a mural depicting a fallen Statue of Liberty
A woman crosses the road in front of an anti-US billboard in Tehran. The Iranian army said it targeted bases used by the US in the UAE and Kuwait on Thursday. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

Iran has continued to demonstrate an ability to target bases in the Gulf used by the US despite six months of war and a new sanctions regime described by the Trump administration as an “economic D-day”.

As Iran’s military targeted US bases in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, despite threats of further strikes by the US president, Israel’s defence chief warned that economic pressures from the sanctions could lead Tehran to escalate to more “extreme measures”.

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