Middle East crisis live: Iran accuses US of ‘calculated war crime’ as Pete Hegseth says military will be ‘hitting Iran hard’ tonight

Spokesman for Iran’s ministry of foreign affairs says US deliberately targeted two reservoirs, leaving 20,000 people without drinking waterIf the US genuinely wants a deal it will have to engage with Iranian demands on sanctions relief, says Danny Citrinowicz, the former head of the Iran branch of Israeli military intelligence.Today’s exchange of strikes shows how easily both Iran and the US can slide towards another round of escalation, says Citrinowicz, who is now a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council.If Washington is unwilling to accept that reality, it should recognize the likely alternative: continued confrontations with Iran that could eventually