Iran Hits US Targets but Calls for Dialogue – Pezeshkian Tries to Stop a New Full-Scale War

The first direct US-Iran exchange of fire in more than a month puts Hormuz back on the brink — Tehran retaliates for the Larak strikes but signals de-escalation as Trump brands Iran a “Failed Nation” Iran is attempting an extraordinarily difficult balancing act: demonstrating that it can retaliate against the United States without allowing the latest confrontation to spiral back into full-scale war. After US forces struck Iranian launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran launched retaliatory attacks against US military targets across the region. Hours later, however, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian adopted a markedly different tone….