Middle East tensions have surged as Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah vowed strong retaliation for the assassination of their leaders, which they blame on Israel. This has heightened fears of a regional war.
The world had long feared that the massive barrage of missiles and drones fired toward Israel from the arid plains of Iran would signal the start of a regional war between the Middle Eastern giants.
Washington's allegations that a drone strike that targeted a ship off the coast of India was "fired from Iran" were dismissed on Monday by Iran's foreign ministry as "worthless." The attack on the chemical tanker owned by Japan occurred on Saturday,