Intl desk: Iran’s army says it has hit US assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait following the latest round of US strikes, as multiple warning sirens are triggered in those countries under attack.
Earlier, US Central Command said it had completed its seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, employing “fighter aircraft, aerial drones and warships” to hit the country’s “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”.
The southern cities of Lar, Jask, Sirik, Bushehr and Bandar Abbas have reportedly been targeted, along with Qeshm Island, Ahvaz and the central city of Yazd.
Iranian state media says at least three people have been killed and eight others wounded in attacks in Hormozgan province which borders the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command says a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that two oil tankers have exploded in the strait after hitting mines in the international waterway is “false”.
The US military said it carried out the seventh night of strikes on Iran since President Donald Trump declared the temporary ceasefire agreement was “over”.
In a statement shared on X, US Central Command (Centcom) wrote that its forces “hit surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”.
Iran claimed to have responded by targeting US allies in the region, including Kuwait – whose army said its air defences had been “confronting hostile missile and drone attacks” following “Iranian aggression”.
Jordan’s armed forces also said it intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight, though no damage was reported.
Centcom said it had ended its strikes at 21:30 ET (02:30 BST) after several hours.
“U.S. forces employed fighter aircraft, aerial drones, and warships in addition to other assets,” it said in its statement.
Iran’s state-run Fars agency had said two oil tankers “exploded and caught fire while passing through a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz”. Later, Centcom posted on X: “Like most IRGC claims, this is false.”
Shipping traffic in the vital Strait of Hormuz has largely stopped amid the continuing tit-for-tat strikes by US and Iranian forces. The strait normally accounts for about one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.
Source: News Agencies
