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Iran war live: US-Israel step up strikes; Tehran vows retaliation 0%
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4/2/2026, 12:00:30 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Availability Heuristic, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 78.1% saturation with 164 hits. Analysis detected 706 faulty-reasoning hits from 210 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 0% (0 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 100.00% of the article peer group.
The US and Israel step up attacks, targeting a century-old medical research centre in Tehran, a bridge near the capital and steel plants after United States President Donald Trump threatens to bomb Iran back to “the Stone Ages”.
During his address to the nation on Wednesday, Trump said that the US was close to completing its core objectives in Iran – but didn’t offer a firm timeline for when the conflict might end.
Iran says Tehran will continue to ‘fight back’.
Iran fires retaliatory attacks on Israel, as its military warns it will escalate attacks.
The war will continue until the “humiliation” and “surrender” of its enemies, it says.
Meanwhile, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s army warned against possible ground invasion.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi is seriously wounded in a strike at his home in Tehran, according to media reports.
The Israeli military claims it has killed more than 40 Hezbollah members over the past 24 hours, while Hezbollah says it carried out several attacks against Israel in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s PM Nawaf Salam says the situation in country is “very critical”.
Visit our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region.
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