US-Iran escalation: Trump weighs massive military assault | 9 News Australia

The US president is considering turbocharging the military assault on Iran after a week of strikes failed to bring the country back to the negotiating table.Tehran vowing to deliver the same threats against American targets, claiming no political border will be safe.

Seven consecutive days of US strikes against Iran, but there are serious signs the worst is yet to come.The United States sending dozens of refuelling planes to Israel as Donald Trump weighs a major offensive against the Iranians and the country threatens revenge.US is considering widening the scope beyond targets around the Strait of Hormuz.Already, bridges have been destroyed and a control tower in Iran's third largest port hit.Tehran claiming at least eight people have been killed in recent strikes.Iran firing back, targeting countries housing US military bases including Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Several US service members have reportedly been injured in attacks on bases in Jordan, the severity unknown.The week -long flare -up in hostilities ignited over control of the Strait of Hormuz, and the waterway is now in chaos.The US denying claims two tankers caught fire after passing through Iranian minefields.

They don't have to sink a ship to make a political point.They only have to hit in damage.

The Iranian Navy also claiming to have struck a Thai flagged ship in the strait despite a US naval blockade on Iranian ports.The battle over the waterway sending global oil prices to one month highs around $88 a barrel.and ship traffic dropping to its lowest level in close to a month, just eight passing through the strait over a 24 -hour period.In the United States, Reid Butler, Nine News.