India, March 21 -- The "war" triggered by the February 28 US-Israeli strikes on Iran saw a sharp escalation this week after Israel struck a key gas field, drawing a string of high-impact retaliations from Tehran which appeared to even force US President Donald Trump to dial down.

While the drone and missile exchange that has rattled the entire Gulf region has been going on since February 28 itself, the weekend US-Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Israel attack on Iran's South Pars gas field on March 18 unleashed a hard-hitting comebacks by Tehran - including what the Islamic country claims was world's first hit on a US F-35 jet. Track latest in Iran-US war here

Iran first responded to the South Pa...