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Iran's missile and drone barrage on its neighbors might seem illogical and shortsighted. But the regime has a logic of its own.

Strikes hit residential areas in Iran early Wednesday during a wave of Israeli attacks, while Tehran launched what it called its “most intense” operation of the war, targeting Israel and Gulf nations.

The Strait of Hormuz sits between Iran and Oman and connects the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. The narrow passage remains one of the most strategically sensitive maritime chokepoints in the world.

Western governments have to recognize the dimensions of the threat they have created for themselves and their people by taking the side of the US and Israel in this war of aggression.

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Previous attempts to restore Middle Eastern monarchies have met with little success.

Governments are working on plans to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil choke point. The Iran war has effectively closed the waterway and pushed up gasoline prices.

Three vessels were hit in and around the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, according to a British maritime agency. Iran claimed responsibility for one.