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'Tit for tat': Middle East correspondent says retaliatory strikes in Iran are the new norm

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Publish Date
Mon, 29 Jun 2026, 7:51am
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Back and forth strikes between the US and Iran could continue over the coming months.

A ceasefire agreement between the two countries took effect last week and had eased tensions in the war.

But hostilities between the two nations have flared again, with new US strikes on Iranian targets and reports of attacks in the Gulf.

Reuters Middle East correspondent Alexander Cornwell told Mike Hosking that retaliatory strikes appear to be the new norm.

He says the state of ceasefire's seems to be a reduction in fighting rather than an actual halt.

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