Iran: US forces attacked coastal areas including Bushehr; Oman says conflict is a 'disaster'

Iran reported that U.S. forces launched attacks on its southwestern coastal cities, including multiple sites in Bushehr province, on Sunday. The Iranian state news agency IRNA cited local officials who stated that coastal strongholds in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz regions were repeatedly hit by U.S. projectiles.

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Today's attack is a clear extension of the enemy's violation of the ceasefire and agreements.

Bushehr province, home to Iran's only nuclear power plant, was reportedly targeted. A deputy governor for political and security affairs in Bushehr stated that four locations in the port city were attacked, calling it a "clear extension of the enemy's violation of the ceasefire and agreements." Additionally, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported hearing explosions in Bushehr and nearby inland areas.

Iranian authorities also reported that U.S. projectiles struck the Mashar region and Abadan city in Khuzestan province. Abadan is known for its oil refining facilities, and both it and Mashar are near the borders with Iraq and Kuwait. Earlier Sunday, the Imam Khomeini Port was also attacked, according to officials.

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several additional measures to eliminate emerging threats.

U.S. Central Command has not issued any statements regarding new airstrikes in Iran. Their last official announcement detailed attacks on military targets across Iran, including Bushehr, Chabahar, Jask, and Konarak, which lasted five hours on Saturday night. However, The New York Times, citing anonymous U.S. officials, reported that the U.S. military conducted "several additional measures to eliminate emerging threats."

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This war has not achieved any of its officially set goals. This war is a disaster.

Meanwhile, a commercial tanker, the Magnesium, owned by the Stolt Tankers shipping company, experienced an "explosion from an unidentified external device" while sailing off the coast of Oman. Stolt Tankers is a Norwegian company headquartered in London. Amidst these escalating tensions, Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi wrote in an opinion piece for Le Monde that the war involving Iran had achieved none of its stated goals and called it a "disaster." He suggested that the blockade policy against Iran had proven to be a "myth" and asserted that the most significant threat to the region originates not from Iran, but from Israel.

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The blockade policy against Iran turned out to be a myth.