Live updates: Iran launches missiles at Israel and Gulf states as explosions heard around Tehran
Iran fired missiles at Israel and some Gulf nations while explosions could be heard around Tehran and the central Iranian city of Isfahan.

Iran fired missiles at Israel and some Gulf nations while explosions could be heard around Tehran and the central Iranian city of Isfahan.
Former CIA director Bill Burns has described the U.S.-Israeli war launched against Iran as a war of choice that may have only further empowered the most hard-line elements within its theocracy. Burn…
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