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A heavily damaged bridge that was hit by a US strike in southern Iran on July 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A hole is visible in a damaged bridge following US air strikes carried out a day earlier in the southern Hormozgan Province, Iran, on July 17, 2026. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
