{"id":195030,"date":"2026-07-20T17:29:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=195030"},"modified":"2026-07-20T17:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T22:59:43","slug":"west-asia-war-live-trump-says-iran-will-pay-for-killing-u-s-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=195030","title":{"rendered":"West Asia war LIVE: Trump says Iran &#8216;will pay&#8217; for killing U.S. soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/> Iran says fighting &#8216;full-scale war&#8217; with U.S.<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">Iran is fighting a \u201cfull-scale war\u201d with the United States, its President said today, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration came as Tehran\u2019s Yemeni allies, the Houthi rebels, threatened to expand the war yet further by announcing they would blockade Saudi ports, putting at risk Riyadh\u2019s ability to bypass the Strait of Hormuz for some of its oil exports.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the war, which began in late February, Iran has targeted what it says are U.S. assets across the region, with the Revolutionary Guards saying today they hit targets in Bahrain, Jordan and Syria, but so far the Houthis have stayed on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that today the Islamic Republic of Iran is engaged in a full-scale war,\u201d President Masoud Pezeshkian said, according to a presidency statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;                <i>AFP<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/iran-israel-war-live-updates-july-20-2026-marco-rubio-strait-of-hormuz-us-donald-trump\/article71243740.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran says fighting &#8216;full-scale war&#8217; with U.S. Iran is fighting a \u201cfull-scale war\u201d with the United States, its President said today, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic. The declaration came as Tehran\u2019s Yemeni allies, the Houthi rebels, threatened to expand the war yet further by announcing they would blockade Saudi ports, putting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Trump_99279.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193749,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=193749","url_meta":{"origin":195030,"position":0},"title":"US-Iran LIVE Updates: US launches new wave of strikes as explosions hit Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Ahvaz","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"US launches new round of strikes against Iran as escalation threatens shipping. 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