Framing Analysis
On July 21 the Revolutionary Guard issued a statement asserting that the US had threatened Iran’s nuclear and sensitive centers and warning that any further US military moves would result in attacks on American interests and allies. Straits Times reporting also described US air strikes damaging civilian infrastructure in southern Iran and quoted analyst Mehran Haghirian on Iranian state television claims of strikes on US bases in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain. An unverified report from The Independent stated that Tehran summoned Ukrainian diplomats over a Caspian Sea incident.