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The Rest of the World Report | August 31, 2026 — Evening Edition
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IRAN AND THE US TRADE STRIKES
The war entered its seventh month Sunday night, and it did not do so quietly. Hours after this morning’s reported US strike on Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) retaliated. It launched a missile and drone operation against two American bases in Jordan. It also struck targets in the United Arab Emirates. Iranian state media called the operation “Punishment of the Aggressor.”
Iran’s retaliation hit the King Hussein…
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