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Jon Gambrell, the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press, has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006.

Jon’s Recent Stories

World Jul 22

What to know about Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, home to an underground nuclear site threatened by Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly issued threats to bomb an under-construction Iranian nuclear site buried deep under a mountain as the two nations exchange blows over the Strait of Hormuz.

World Jul 22

AP report: Trump approves nuclear agreement that may allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium

The deal is expected to last 30 years and is also expected to involve U.S. firms in developing the program.

World Jul 22

Trump says U.S. will destroy a bridge or power plant for each Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump’s latest threat to target civilian infrastructure came as the unpopular war spirals with no clear off-ramp, threatening further worldwide economic disruption and sending fuel prices up ahead of midterm U.S. elections this fall.

World Jul 20

U.S. military says it's carrying out its 10th consecutive night of strikes on Iran

Even as the U.S. and Iran inch closer to all-out war again, glimmers of hope appeared on the diplomatic front.

World Jul 19

U.S. announces another troop death as Israel warns Tehran's attacks are coming close

Step by step, the U.S, and Iran have returned closer to all-out war as last month's interim deal meant to permanently end the fighting has crumbled and shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has largely stalled.

World Jul 18

U.S. military launches new airstrikes to punish Iran for deaths of U.S. troops

Since the war began, 16 U.S. service members have now been killed and over 430 wounded.

World Jul 17

As U.S. strikes bridges in Iran, it targets a water desalination plant in Kuwait

The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port.

World Jul 17

3 islands help control access to the Strait of Hormuz. They're in the crosshairs of the Iran war

The expanding U.S. military campaign against Iran has put three small islands that sit at the confluence of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz in the crosshairs once again.

World Jul 16

U.S. expands attacks on Iran, which calls Strait of Hormuz a 'red line' as it strikes back

The interim ceasefire agreed to last month has collapsed, and the region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks by the U.S. and Iran as they battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

World Jul 15

U.S. reimposes blockade and steps up strikes as Iran threatens to halt all energy exports from the region

Iranian officials said Wednesday that the American strikes hit an Iranian army barracks, killed at least seven troops and wounded more than 260 people across the country.

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