{"id":88048,"date":"2026-11-03T07:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=88048"},"modified":"2026-11-03T07:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:52:27","slug":"u-s-strikes-iranian-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/u-s-strikes-iranian-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"

From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n

The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation<\/a><\/span> on the eve of Tuesday\u2019s crucial midterm elections.\u00a0Iranian state media reported explosions being heard on the islands of Qeshm and Hengam in the strategic Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/span>, and in the nearby mainland area of Bandar Abbas. Unlike earlier in the war, the strikes were not publicly announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> previously said the U.S. wouldn\u2019t launch strikes on Iran before the midterms. The unpopular war<\/a><\/span> and the resulting impact on U.S. gasoline prices<\/a><\/span> and other parts of the economy have been a vulnerability for his Republican Party as it tries to keep control of Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From AP: The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88049,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88048\/revisions\/88049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}