Iran targets military bases as US launches wave of strikes

Tehran has launched fresh attacks on U.S. military bases in neighboring Gulf States, while Washington continued to strike sites across Iran overnight. Iran stated it struck targets in the region, including Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, as a sixth day of renewed hostilities strained their preliminary deal to end the war.

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Meanwhile, the U.S. military said it inflicted a six-hour wave of strikes in multiple locations to "degrade Iran’s ability to threaten innocent mariners" in the Strait of Hormuz. The latest exchanges followed U.S. President Donald Trump's warning to Iran to "better behave" or face further military action if it did not return to negotiations. On Tuesday, Trump had threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure if Tehran failed to return to talks.

Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, told state media that Tehran had "no reason" to abide by any agreement that did not benefit the country. He added that Iran’s national security depended on maintaining what he described as "Iranian arrangements" in the Strait of Hormuz. In the latest attacks, the U.S. targeted command centers, air defense sites, and coastal surveillance facilities across Iran, including in the port city of Bandar Abbas and Greater Tunb Island, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said.

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Explosions were heard across Iran, and air defenses were triggered in Tehran, Iranian state media reported. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said a children’s cancer treatment center in the western city of Ahvaz had been evacuated after strikes on a nearby location. BBC Verify has authenticated video footage of strikes on three coastal cities in Iran: Chabahar, Ahvaz, and Bandar Abbas. Shortly after, U.S. allies in the Gulf reported attacks. Kuwait’s military said it intercepted drone attacks, while Bahrain’s interior ministry told citizens to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.

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The Iranian military also said it targeted U.S. communication systems and fuel storage facilities in Jordan in its latest round of strikes. As tensions intensify, the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway off Iran’s coast that Tehran effectively blocked in response to U.S.-Israeli strikes, remains closed. On Tuesday, the U.S. said it had resumed a blockade on Iranian ports, which was previously lifted as part of a deal struck last month, known as a memorandum of understanding. The following day, the U.S. fired on and disabled an unladen, Curacao-flagged oil tanker, which Centcom said was attempting to sail toward a blockaded Iranian port. In response to the renewal of the U.S. blockade, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps warned the U.S. that it should "expect the closure of other oil and gas export routes that serve the interests of the United States and its allies."

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