At least seven personnel were killed in US strikes on an Iranian military base in Bampur overnight, Iran’s army said on Wednesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
The army said the strikes were intended to cause maximum casualties, with 13 missiles hitting a guesthouse, guard posts and accommodation facilities at the base near the southeastern city of Iranshahr.
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It added that a number of personnel were also wounded and promised a “decisive response” to the attack.
According to Iranian army, 7 Iranian military personnel were martyred last night in US attacks in the Iranian city of Iranshahr.
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Iran says more than 30 civilians killed in recent attacks on south
More than 30 civilians have been killed in recent attacks on southern Iran, government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said Wednesday.
“In the recent attacks on the southern part of the country, more than 30 civilians lost their lives,” Mohajerani said in a post on the US social media platform X.
She did not specify where the attacks took place or provide further details about the casualties.
Separately, US strikes targeted three locations in the southwestern Iranian city of Bushehr on Wednesday morning, with no injuries reported, the province’s governor said, according to Fars News Agency.
Iran vows to block more vital seaways as Trump orders renewed Iran blockade
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has vowed to close “all other export corridors that benefit the US and its allies”, Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports.
“Regional energy exports are either shared by all, or denied to all,” the IRGC said in a statement carried by Iran’s IRNA state news agency on Wednesday.
Analysts have said Iran has been signalling it may use its Houthi allies in Yemen to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, opening a new front against Washington and putting two of the world’s most vital energy arteries at risk.
The narrow gateway links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, through which Saudi oil exports and a substantial share of global shipping pass.
A senior Houthi official warned on Monday that the group was prepared to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait – a move he said could send oil prices soaring to $200 a barrel – if Saudi Arabia continued to attack Yemen, according to a report on Iran’s Press TV website.
Houthi forces fired missiles at Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict between the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group.
The Houthis have already shown they can choke global commerce through the Bab el-Mandeb. After the Gaza war erupted in October 2023, the Iran-backed group launched attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, saying it was targeting vessels linked to Israel in support of Palestinians.
The latest threat to global shipping comes a day after the US military said it began a fresh round of strikes “to continue degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”
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The United States said Iran had attacked seven commercial ships over the last week, leading to nearly a dozen crew members being killed, missing or injured.
The US military said late on Tuesday that it hit dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas. The wave of strikes lasted seven hours, the US Central Command said in a statement.
Iran says US strikes hit wheat silo, another site in Khuzestan
A wheat storage silo and another site in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province were hit by US projectiles overnight, a provincial official said, according to Fars News Agency.
Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan’s deputy governor for security and law enforcement affairs, said a wheat silo in Hoveyzeh County and another site in Dasht-e Azadegan County were struck.
Hayati said no casualties had been reported.
He added that assessments were underway and that further details would be announced later.
More than 260 injured in latest US attacks on Iran: Iranian official
Hossein Kermanpour, the spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health, says 222 of the injured have received treatment and been discharged, according to Al Jazeera.
He said on X that three of the wounded people were under the age of 18, adding that at least two people were killed in the attacks.
The US forces struck dozens of Iranian targets and reimposed a naval blockade on its ports in a flare-up that entered the fifth day.
Jordan says its air defenses downed 3 missiles from Iran
Jordan’s armed forces said Wednesday that its air defense systems intercepted and downed three ballistic missiles that entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory, the Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported.
A responsible military source at the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces said the missiles were intercepted and brought down at dawn, according to the agency.
The army said the incident caused no injuries or material damage, Petra added.
Royal Engineering Corps teams dealt with shrapnel that fell in several locations under approved technical and security procedures, the source said, adding that the sites were secured and necessary measures were taken to protect citizens and property.
Chinese UN envoy says US pushed world to ‘dangerous precipice’ with Iran attacks
Chinese Ambassador Sun Lei says that the US launching “major attacks against Iran” has “once again” pushed the region “into a dangerous precipice”, as per Al Jazeera.
Sun made the comments after US envoy Mike Waltz claimed that China was not doing enough to stop the flow of goods to Iran and Yemen, a claim Sun said was “completely baseless”.
“China exercises strict control over such exports,” he said.
“The priority now is for the US to stop creating new conflicts and turmoil in the Middle East.”
US accuses China of not doing enough to stop flow of goods to Iran, Houthis
Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the United Nations, has accused China of not doing enough to stop the flow of goods to Iran and the Houthis that could have non-civilian uses, as per Al Jazeera.
“States like Iran, and to some degree companies and entities in China, have violated [a UN resolution imposing an arms embargo on the Houthis] with little consequence,” Waltz told the UN Security Council in prepared remarks late on Tuesday.
In a heated exchange with his Chinese counterpart, Waltz then said he was referring to “dual-use” items and “satellite imagery” provided to “Iran and the Houthis… that, of course, have civilian uses, but also have been used to threaten our partners, civilian aircraft, and commercial shipping”.
‘End of America’s evils’
The IRGC said on Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until what it described as “the end of America’s evils”. Before the war began in February, about a fifth of global oil and gas shipments passed through Hormuz each day.
The Guards said they had targeted what they described as command-and-control, logistics, fuel and military equipment facilities belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, in response to the latest US strikes in the Strait of Hormuz.
They also said they had set fire to and destroyed what they described as a US logistics facility in Kuwait’s Mina Abdullah and that their air force had struck what they described as a US base at Azraq in Jordan, targeting aircraft hangars. They said some of the US attacks had been launched from bases on Jordanian territory.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kuwait’s state news agency reported that a fire was brought under control at a site targeted in Iranian attacks. It was not immediately clear whether the fire was at the same site referred to in the IRGC statement.
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Jordan’s air defence intercepted and shot down three ballistic missiles that entered the country’s airspace from Iranian territory early on Wednesday.
The hostilities between Iran and the US reignited last week, fraying an already fragile truce reached in June after several months of fighting that has killed thousands of civilians, mostly in Iran and Lebanon.
US completes additional strikes against Iran: CENTCOM
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said late Tuesday that it has completed an additional round of strikes against Iran, hitting “dozens of military targets” near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas.
“US fighter aircraft, drones and naval vessels launched precision munitions against Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities and coastal defense systems during the seven-hour wave to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
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The strikes came the same day US forces resumed a naval blockade against vessels transiting to or from Iranian ports and coastal areas, according to the statement.
“US forces remain vigilant, lethal and prepared to execute operations directed by the Commander in Chief,” CENTCOM said.
Trump threatens to hit energy targets
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to hit Iranian power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran resumes negotiations.
“I’ll save the energy targets for last, but ultimately we’ll hit energy targets,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Trey Yingst.
US negotiators had been in touch with their Iranian counterparts to tell them “you better make a deal”, Trump added.
As tensions escalated, Trump on Monday floated the idea of a 20% fee on shipping through the strait, which drew sharp criticism from the UN shipping agency and others. On Tuesday, he scrapped the idea and said, without providing details, that he would instead seek investment deals with Gulf states.
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, after closing up 2% to a one-month high on Tuesday, as the latest attacks deepened a supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.
For the second straight session, Brent closed at its highest since June 12, and West Texas Intermediate at its highest since June 15. Both contracts rose further in early Wednesday trading.Latest News, Breaking News & Top News Stories | The Express TribuneReutersRead More