Iran threatens US-linked facilities as Trump urges other nations to send warships to Hormuz

The war in West Asia intensified on Saturday as Iran warned it would target any facility in the region connected to the United States, raising the possibility of further escalation across the Gulf. The warning followed remarks by predicting that “many countries” would send warships to support a US effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway that Tehran has effectively closed to most maritime traffic since the start of the conflict. Iran has been responding to the joint US-Israeli offensive, now entering its third week, with daily attacks on oil facilities and other infrastructure across the Gulf…