DistantNews
Support us
🇫🇷 France /Conflict & Security

US military conducts 'heavy series' of strikes against Iran; Iranian media reports three dead

From Le Figaro · () French

Translated from French, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources New plan
  • The U.S. military conducted extensive strikes against Iran, targeting dozens of Revolutionary Guard Corps sites including command centers and missile facilities.
  • The strikes were a response to Iran's attacks on U.S. forces, commercial shipping, and neighboring Gulf countries.
  • Iranian media reported three deaths, including a two-year-old child, and two injuries in a strike on the island of Qeshm.

The U.S. military announced on Thursday it had completed a "heavy series" of strikes against Iran, accusing Tehran of attacking its forces in the Middle East. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) stated it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. These included military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defense sites, and maritime capabilities.

These strikes aimed to further degrade the threats posed by Iran and its proxies to U.S. forces, commercial maritime transport, and neighboring Gulf countries.

— U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)Statement on X regarding the strikes.

CENTCOM said the strikes aimed to further degrade the threats posed by Iran and its proxies to U.S. forces, commercial maritime transport, and neighboring Gulf countries. The announcement came after Iran launched a rocket attack against U.S. forces in Jordan. President Donald Trump had previously warned that the United States would strike Iran "very hard" in retaliation.

A U.S. attack on a residential house in the Chah Tangu neighborhood of Qeshm killed three members of the same family: the father, the mother, and their 2-year-old child.

— Fars news agencyReporting on casualties in Qeshm.

Iranian media reported that the U.S. strikes resulted in casualties. The Fars news agency stated that three people from the same family, including a two-year-old child, were killed and two other children were injured in a strike on the island of Qeshm in southern Iran. The injured children were transferred to a hospital.

Two other children, aged 7 and 9, were injured in the attack and transferred to the hospital.

— Fars news agencyReporting on casualties in Qeshm.
DistantNews Editorial

Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

More Stories

From Our Blog