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A map created by the CBS News data team shows the strike locations across Iran, including the capital and the site of a major nuclear facility.
War has spread to multiple theatres. America and Israel have focused on Iran and its proxies in Lebanon. Iran’s retaliation is mostly directed at Israel and America’s allies in the Gulf, but has hit targets across the region.
"There’s really no frontline at the moment — it’s simultaneous damage across different corners of Iran in a very short period of time,” research lead Van Den Hoek told The Washington Post. A new
War in the Middle East is accelerating after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, and Tehran retaliated with strikes against several of its neighbors, including US-allied Gulf states.
According to U.S. Central Command, over 5,000 targets were struck and 50 Iranian vessels were damaged or destroyed in the first 10 days of the war with Iran.
The image is a map of Iran with red dot symbols indicating locations which have had one or more US and Israeli strikes. In addition some key cities are labelled, these include: - Tabriz (north west Iran) - Tehran (north central Iran, the capital) - Natanz ...
Iran has strangled one of the world’s most critical shipping routes, the Strait of Hormuz, by threatening merchant ships and attacking tankers. Iran also has more than 5,000 naval mines in its arsenal, according to estimates by the Defense Intelligence Agency, and is beginning to deploy them, according to U.S. officials said.
The statistic circulating online in March 2026 came from a 2020 survey.