US launches new attacks on Iran as Tehran targets Gulf sites
Iran’s Health Ministry has said at least 35 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since fighting resumed last week. The United States
Iran’s Health Ministry has said at least 35 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since fighting resumed last week. The United States military says it has launched another wave of strikes on Iran, while Tehran says it retaliated with missile and drone attacks against US military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan. US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, said it concluded an evening wave of strikes against Iran at 9pm ET on Wednesday (01:00 GMT on Thursday), targeting “Iranian command centres, air defence sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities” in an effort to reduce Iran’s ability to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM said the 90-minute operation targeted the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a key Iranian naval hub overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, as well as coastal defence and cruise missile sites on Greater Tunb island, one of three islands near the entrance to the waterway. Iranian air defences were activated over the capital, Tehran, as state media reported attacks across much of the country. Explosions were reported in Bandar Abbas and on nearby Qeshm island in the south, as well as in the southeastern coastal towns of Sirik, Chabahar and Konarak. Iranian media also reported attacks further inland in Rask, Khondab, Khorramabad and Semnan.
Iranian authorities said there were no casualties in Pakdasht or at the Parchin military complex near Tehran. In the northern Iranian city of Semnan, the IRIB, citing a senior security official, said there were no deaths or injuries following an attack. Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar Atas said this was the second reported US attack on northern Iran within a week. “The main building of a civilian airport in Semnan was attacked by the Americans,” he said. “There has been minor damage at the airport. Also, in the same city, a storage facility was hit.” In southwestern Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it intercepted and shot down a US MQ-9 drone over Andimeshk in Khuzestan province. Iran’s Ministry of Health has said at least 35 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since the latest round of fighting began last week. Iran claims attacks on US bases Iran says it carried out retaliatory missile and drone attacks against facilities used by the US military in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, with the army saying it targeted US radar and air defence systems in Kuwait and Bahrain. In a statement carried by state media, it said missiles struck Patriot missile batteries and fuel tanks used by US forces at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.
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