Donald Trump bears responsibility for restarting the Iran war after the midterm elections

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Central Command struck dozens of military targets along Iran's southern coast in the heaviest exchange for a month, and a bombing during a wedding in Kuhestak killed at least four. Iran answered with ballistic missiles toward Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraqi Kurdistan.