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United States and Iran Escalate Military Confrontation as Oil Prices Climb

President Donald Trump threatened to target Iranian civilian infrastructure following further attacks on commercial shipping after the United States carried out an eleventh consecutive night of airstrikes on Iran. The intensifying confrontation has triggered Iranian retaliatory strikes across the Middle East and pushed global oil prices above ninety-five dollars a barrel.
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