India, July 15 -- The United States stepped up its offensive against Iran overnight, launching a fourth straight round of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump also imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports.

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Tehran responded with attacks on multiple US military facilities across the Gulf. Iran's paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have hit US airbases, supply centres and plane hangars in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, as per state media.

Oil prices climbed amid fears of further disruption to global energy supplies even as Trump warned of hitting Iran's power plants and bridges 'next week'.

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