July 18, 2026

Middle East

The Hill -  A senior Iranian adviser threatened on Friday to launch a wider war in the Middle East following days of intense fighting, warning that “full-scale offensive operations” could resume if U.S. military strikes do not cease.

“Iran will no longer limit itself to retaliatory, like-for-like responses…and no political border will be safe,” Major-General Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said, according to several outlets, citing Iranian news agency IRIB.

U.S. forces launched a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Friday, hitting bridges around Bandar Abbas, a port city in the Persian Gulf where the Iranian Navy is headquartered. 

The fresh wave of strikes, which ended around 9:30 p.m. EDT, also targeted surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime capabilities, according to U.S. Central Command (Centcom).

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