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US-Iran military operations escalate as strikes enter second day
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US-Iran military operations escalate as strikes enter second day

From Times of Oman · () English

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  • The United States and Iran have escalated military operations, with U.S. Central Command announcing a second day of strikes targeting Iranian coastal military sites.
  • U.S. strikes hit 90 targets, including air defense systems and naval capabilities, in response to Iran's attacks on commercial vessels.
  • Iran confirmed three deaths and several wounded in a U.S. strike and announced its own retaliatory strikes in the region.

Tensions between the United States and Iran have flared into direct military confrontation, with fresh strikes exchanged across the Middle East for a second consecutive day. U.S. Central Command reported on Thursday that its forces completed another round of strikes overnight, hitting 90 military targets along Iran's coast. These actions were a direct response to Tehran's recent targeting of commercial vessels in the region.

the strikes hit 90 military targets along the Iranian coast in response to Tehran's targeting of commercial vessels transiting the region.

— US Central CommandReporting on the U.S. strikes against Iranian military targets.

The U.S. strikes specifically targeted air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure. This follows a previous day's operation where U.S. forces struck 80 Iranian military targets, including over 60 small vessels belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

three people were killed and several others wounded in a US strike on a location near the southwestern city of Ahvaz.

— Iranian mediaReporting on the casualties from a U.S. strike.

Iranian state media confirmed that three people were killed and several others wounded in a U.S. strike near the southwestern city of Ahvaz. In retaliation, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it had struck targets in the region, according to a statement carried by official Iranian state television, signaling a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict.

it had struck a number of targets in the region in retaliation for the latest US strikes on Iran

— Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsAnnouncing retaliatory strikes against U.S. actions.
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