US and Iran trade heavy strikes as Tehran closes Hormuz; attacks spread across Gulf

The United States and Iran exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults on Sunday as Tehran said it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz, in an escalation that spread to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and cast further doubt on the future of the interim peace agreement signed last month.

“We’re beating them up,” President Donald Trump told Reuters in a brief phone interview on Sunday afternoon....