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US and Iran Trade Fire Again as Trump Vows to Hit Back Hard

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TL;DR

Five days after Trump declared victory, the war resumed with strikes, missiles and a burning tanker — testing whether Mission Accomplished meant anything while X carried the IRGC threat.

MSM Perspective

NPR and the Guardian treated Sunday's clash as the first fire in a month, not as the operational answer to Trump's Mission Accomplished claim.

X Perspective

IRGC spokesman Sardar Mohibi used X to call the Larak strike a strategic and fatal error and warn Washington would pay in both economic and military arenas.

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The Wire — August 31