Washington/Tehran, July 19 -- The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes across Iran on Sunday after Tehran declared it was "no longer implementing" a month-old interim agreement, shattering hopes of containing the conflict as Washington vowed to "swiftly punish" Iran for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members and left another missing.
The collapse of the fragile deal came as the war entered its eighth straight day of direct exchanges. Fresh U.S. strikes and Iranian missile attacks on American allies underscored the growing risk of a wider regional conflict, with key energy infrastructure, the Strait of Hormuz and military installations increasingly caught in the crossfire.
As U.S. forces carried out fresh at...