The Independent68%
Iran-US war latest: Trump launches wave of strikes on Iran for sixth night in a row 87%
By Stuti Mishra89% Alex Croft82% Nicole Wootton-Cane85% Jane Dalton64%
7/16/2026, 9:43:56 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 77.2% saturation with 166 hits. Analysis detected 811 faulty-reasoning hits from 215 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 79.8% and a BS Rank of 87% (2,330 of 16,721 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 86.10% of the article peer group.
US president Donald Trump has launched another wave of strikes on Iran for the sixth night in a row, including on an island that helps the regime exert significant control over the Strait of Hormuz.
An attack on Greater Tunb Island targeted Iranian defence and missile sites, US Central Command said.
The regime uses the island partially to control the key shipping waterway.
The US says its wants to reduce Iran’s military capabilities and reopen the strait.
Tehran retaliated with missiles and drones targeted at US military bases in neighbouring states Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait.
Earlier, Iran asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to close a critical oil route in the Red Sea if the US struck Iranian power infrastructure, in a fresh threat towards the global economy.
The plan to close the Bab el-Hormuz strait was discussed with Tehran’s leadership, according to the Reuters news agency.
With the Strait of Hormuz already closed, any Houthi attacks on vessels or ports in the Red Sea would leave the Middle East’s two main oil export routes disrupted simultaneously.
On Thursday, the US military said it had boarded a vessel near the Strait “to ensure full compliance with the ongoing US naval blockade”.
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