The United States intensified its strikes on Iran early this morning, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship. The US accused the ship of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting US allies in the region before dawn and warned its attacks may escalate. Iranian officials say, recent US strikes have killed more than 35 people and injured over 300 others. Strikes also reached into areas around Iran’s capital, Tehran, for the first time in this latest round of violence. American attacks reportedly targeted Semnan province, home to Iran’s ballistic missile production and space program. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for the Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, threatened that Iran could launch widespread attacks on regional infrastructure if the US acts on President Donald Trump’s repeated warnings that America could hit Iranian bridges and power plants. He said that under no circumstances and in no way, they will allow America to interfere in the Strait of Hormuz.