US attacks southern Iran, as Tehran hits Gulf countries: What’s the latest?

EXPLAINER

Iran struck Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Syria successful retaliation for US strikes.

For a sixth nighttime successful a row, the United States deed Iran successful a question of large attacks. Iran deed back, launching missiles and drones astatine aggregate countries successful the Gulf and astatine US bases successful different determination countries.

Iran has said 38 radical person been killed, and much than 400 injured, successful the US attacks since the 2 sides met successful Switzerland connected June 22 for talks to extremity the warfare done a 60-day dialog period, the AFP quality bureau reported. That includes astatine slightest 8 radical whom Iran said had been killed successful overnight attacks by the US.

Here is simply a recap of what happened implicit Thursday nighttime and connected Friday truthful far.

Where was Iran attacked?

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that astatine 01:40 GMT connected Friday, it completed its latest large question of attacks against Iran. The US subject did not supply galore details astir the circumstantial sites it deed successful Iran.

However, Iranian media reports said US forces struck astatine slightest six bridges, a railway presumption and different sites crossed Iran, sidesplitting astatine slightest 8 radical and injuring several.

Iran’s Fars quality bureau said the six bridges that were struck successful the confederate Hormozgan state include:

• The Gariveh span connecting Bandar Abbas to Khmeir and Lara
• A span adjacent the colony of Latidan
• Two bridges connected the Kahoorestan-Lar route
• A partially constructed span connecting Bandar e-Khamir, Keshar and Bandar Abbas
• A span successful the colony of Maru, successful the Khmeir district.

Iran’s Ministry of Energy says the latest US attacks person caused harm to powerfulness lines successful Bandar Abbas and surrounding villages.

Power outages were reported successful confederate Iran, and energy started to beryllium restored successful definite areas.

Which Gulf countries were attacked?

On Friday morning, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed a 13th question of retaliatory strikes against US bases since hostilities renewed.

Bahrain: Air raid sirens were activated successful Bahrain connected Friday greeting arsenic the Ministry of Interior urged radical to stay calm.

Qatar: Early connected Friday, Qatar’s authorities issued 2 abstracted alerts astir an hr apart, aft the state came nether onslaught from Iranian projectiles, including astatine slightest 1 missile. The projectiles were each intercepted, the country’s Ministry of Defence said. Qatar’s Ministry of Interior reported that 1 kid was injured by falling shrapnel during aerial interceptions implicit Doha. The kid is receiving aesculapian treatment.

Oman: Iran’s IRGC, connected Friday, claimed to person destroyed a US aerial power radar successful Oman’s Ghanim portion and a maritime power radar connected rocks successful the Strait of Hormuz, successful waters dividing Iran and Oman. A tanker was deed by an chartless projectile connected Thursday portion sailing astir 19 nautical miles (equivalent to astir 35km) eastbound of Khasab, Oman, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations bureau has said.

Kuwait: The IRGC said connected Friday that it deed a US subject basal successful Kuwait, striking a rocket defence radar, respective cardinal weapons depots and 2 HIMARS surface-to-surface rocket launchers, according to Iran’s Mehr quality agency.

Jordan: The Jordanian service said connected Friday that it changeable down 3 Iranian missiles targeting the state aft its aerial defence systems intercepted them. The service said the incidental did not origin immoderate quality casualties, arsenic Jordan’s Royal Engineering Corps teams dealt with falling shrapnel.

Syria: The IRGC said it attacked a US peculiar operations bid centre astatine the al-Tanf subject basal successful Syria, the Tasnim quality bureau reported connected Friday. The IRGC added that the onslaught was successful retaliation for the sidesplitting of Iranian soldiers successful Iranshahr.

What are Iranian and US leaders saying?

Iranian subject spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari said the Strait of Hormuz “will ne'er instrumentality to what it was earlier the 40-day war”, accusing the US of destabilising the waterway.

In a podcast occurrence with Joe Rogan connected Wednesday, US Vice President JD Vance said respective Israeli authorities members tried to power US nationalist sentiment to reason a woody successful the US warfare with Iran.

“I cognize beyond a shadiness of a uncertainty that determination person been radical wrong the Israeli authorities who are trying to, like, really displacement america distant from that argumentation due to the fact that they privation to proceed the subject campaign,” Vance said.