"We Will Beat Them Up": U.S. Resumes Airstrikes on Iran, Spurring Surge in Oil Prices

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The United States has resumed airstrikes against Iran after a six-day pause. The move comes in retaliation for Iran's pre-emptive attack on a U.S. military base. President Trump issued a strong warning against Iran using vulgar language, while international oil prices surged.

Correspondent Jeon Byeong-nam reports from Washington.

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Fighter jets take off from a U.S. naval fleet.

Missiles strike small boats along the coast and craters believed to be underground military facilities.

The U.S. Central Command announced that it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in southern Iran, including Qeshm Island, at around this morning (July 30, KST).

This comes six days after a halt to the nighttime airstrikes that had continued for 13 days.

Iranian state television broadcast footage of search operations amid collapsed buildings, reporting that residential areas were also targeted.

What provoked the United States was an attack by Iran.

Earlier, Iran broke a lull in the fighting by launching ballistic missiles toward a U.S. military base in Jordan.

Analysts suggested that launching a surprise attack on the day of the summit between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was an intention to seize the initiative in the war.

In a broadcast interview, Trump stated that the U.S. would "beat the hell out of" Iran.

However, he left room for a potential agreement.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: We'll see if we can reach a deal at some point. But we're going to hit them (Iran) very hard.]

Washington also moved to squeeze Iran's financial lifelines by placing two companies funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its sanctions list.

It simultaneously sanctioned eight companies linked to the so-called shadow fleet that transports Iranian crude oil.

Iran and pro-Iranian militia groups in the Middle East have also been attacking energy facilities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

[Iranian State Television: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned that countries involved in aiding the aggressor will face harsh consequences unless they change their behavior.]

Amid the climate of a reignited war, international oil prices reacted sensitively, with the closing price of Brent crude futures for September delivery surging 7.9%.

(Video by Oh Jung-shik | Video Editing by Jung Yong-hwa | Design by Park Tae-young)
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