{"id":2000106175,"date":"2026-03-23T10:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000106175"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:10:10","slug":"israel-intensifies-strikes-on-tehran-as-regional-tensions-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/israel-intensifies-strikes-on-tehran-as-regional-tensions-escalate\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel intensifies strikes on Tehran as regional tensions escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Israeli military said it had begun a \u201cwide-scale wave of strikes\u201d targeting infrastructure in Tehran, though it did not provide further details. The attacks come as tensions between Iran, Israel, and the United States continue to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the ongoing conflict, Iran tightened control over the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for nearly a fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply, raising concerns about disruptions to global trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum on Sunday demanding Iran reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz to all shipping. He warned that failure to comply could result in US strikes on Iranian power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran responded with strong warnings. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said any US attack would trigger retaliation against energy infrastructure supplying American bases, as well as wider economic targets in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid the escalating threats, civilians have been urged to take shelter with US Central Command chief Brad Cooper advising Iranians to remain indoors, warning that further strikes could target areas where military assets are allegedly embedded in civilian zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conflict is also spreading across the Gulf where air defenses in countries including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia intercepted missiles and drones on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran\u2019s capital, Tehran, early Monday, marking a sharp escalation in a widening regional conflict that is increasingly drawing in global powers and Gulf states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000106180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,69,101],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000106175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","tag-internationl","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000106180,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ir.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1562,"height":878,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ir.jpg","width":150,"height":84},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ir.jpg","width":300,"height":169},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ir.jpg","width":768,"height":432},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ir.jpg","width":1024,"height":576},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ir.jpg","width":1562,"height":878}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000106175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000106179,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000106175\/revisions\/2000106179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000106180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000106175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000106175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000106175"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000106175"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000106175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}