Tehran, Iran – Iran has continued to push back against the United States and other rival interests in the region, as a new round of attacks fuels fears of a wider conflict. Inside Iran, authorities on Wednesday afternoon reported that a missile struck a border area in the West Azerbaijan province, but there were no fatalities. Shortly after, Israel said a drone launched by the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah targeted an Israeli military vehicle in occupied southern Lebanon. Iranian authorities have reasoned that the US is committing an act of aggression by imposing a naval blockade of Iran’s southern ports. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a social media post on Tuesday that he was “assured” by his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha that the attack was “unintentional”.