US strikes Iranian targets again as regional tensions escalate across Middle East

Tensions continue to rise across the Middle East following a second round of United States airstrikes on Iranian targets within 48 hours, driven by confrontations in the Strait of Hormuz and strikes on American bases. In Tehran, Iranian leadership appointed a hardliner to head the Supreme National Security Council. Concurrently, women in Iran maintain a widespread defiance against compulsory hijab laws four years after Mahsa Amini's death, with reports noting "authorities have lost control" over dress code enforcement in major cities.

Meanwhile, conflict flared in Yemen as Houthi strikes on Moca port killed 18 people over two days, drawing retaliatory shelling by government troops in Marib province. In Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has established relative security, though severe poverty, food shortages, and social bans continue to strain public life.

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