Washington/Tehran, July 17 -- The US and Iran continued to exchange fresh strikes, as Tehran hit back at US allies in the neighbouring Gulf post Washington's attacks, amid the two foes' ongoing battle over the vital Strait of Hormuz in the renewed West Asia war.
The rekindled fighting comes a month after a preliminary agreement aimed at ending the war, which began in late February with large-scale US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Israel has so far remained outside the latest escalation and has not been directly targeted by Tehran.
Speaking during a televised address on election security on Thursday, US President Donald Trump said that Washington was "winning big in Iran" and that Americans would "see the fruits of that labour very, very shortl...