Reported claim

“Attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure in the Middle East are being treated by both governments as legitimate retaliation rather than exceptional acts of escalation, lowering the threshold for a conflict that could spread well beyond the battlefield and the Strait of Hormuz.”

Strengthened after Iran International reported it.

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