- U.S. conducts second day of retaliatory airstrikes on Iran after drone attacks on Bahrain and a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
- President Trump threatens on social media that Iran 'will no longer exist' if it doesn't act reasonably.
- Iranian state media warns that violating the ce
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