United States targets Iran with fresh airstrikes as regional conflict expands

Tensions continue to mount across the Middle East following a second round of United States airstrikes against Iranian targets within 48 hours. The American military launched the strikes in response to confrontations in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on US bases. In Tehran, Iranian leadership appointed a hardliner to head the Supreme National Security Council. Meanwhile, Iranian women are reportedly maintaining a silent revolution against compulsory dress codes four years after Mahsa Amini's death, with reports indicating "authorities have lost control" over hijab enforcement.

Elsewhere in the region, violence has resurfaced in Yemen as Houthi strikes on Moca port killed 18 people over two days, drawing retaliatory shelling from government troops in Marib. In Afghanistan, relative security under Taliban rule contrasts with widespread poverty, food shortages, and severe restrictions on public life.

Sources: Canarias7, El Día, El Mundo, La Provincia, La Vanguardia