The United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks toward a ceasefire, shared video of the attack on Isfahan, with fiery explosions lighting up the night sky. Isfahan is home to one of three sites earlier attacked by the U.S. military in June and some of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is likely stored or buried or there.
The attacks were testament to the intensity of the monthlong war the U.S. and the Zionist forces launched against Iran, which has maintained its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation, closing off the vital waterway for global energy shipments, sending oil prices skyrocketing and roiling world markets.
Spot prices of Brent crude, the international standard, hovered around $107 a barrel in early trading, up more than 45% since the war started Feb. 28 when the U.S. and the Zionist forces attacked Iran. U.S. gas prices jumped past an average $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022.
