Iran’s Revolutionary Guards struck US military bases in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday, targeting 21 sites across the Gulf in retaliation for American strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. The US had struck approximately 20 Iranian targets — including air defence systems, radar sites, and ground control stations at Qeshm Island, Sirik, and Bandar Abbas after President Trump said Iran had downed a US Apache helicopter near the strait on Tuesday. The clashes mark one of the biggest escalations since the April ceasefire. Trump had claimed just days earlier that a US-Iran deal was close to being finalised. Cary Johnston breaks down what happened, what triggered it and what it means for the war and the global oil supply.

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