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The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, targeting military capabilities that Washington says have been used in attacks on commercial shipping near the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the operation began at 6:00 a.m. ET (10:00 a.m. GMT). "The strikes are designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," it added.
The 90-minute campaign ended at 7:30 a.m. ET (11:30 a.m. GMT), CENTCOM later said, adding that it targeted coastal defense systems and cruise missile sites on Greater Tunb Island.
The latest operation followed fresh Iranian missile and drone attacks on U.S. military facilities in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain after American forces struck Iranian positions earlier.
Iranian state television reported that drones were launched toward Al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced cruise missile attacks on the U.S. logistics center at Mina Abdullah in Kuwait.
The IRGC also claimed it hit Bahrain's Sheikh Isa Air Base and damaged or destroyed several MQ-9 drones at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that military operations would continue unless Tehran returned to negotiations. "We're hitting them very, very hard ... They'll continue until I say it's enough," Trump told Fox News.
"Next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges. We're going to knock out all their power plants. We're going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate," Trump said.
Iranian authorities reported that seven troops were killed after U.S. missile strikes hit an army barracks in the southeastern city of Bampur early Wednesday. According to the Iranian Army's Ground Forces, 13 missiles struck accommodation facilities, a guest house and guard posts in what it described as "an attempt to inflict heavy casualties."
Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani also reported that more than 30 civilians had been killed in recent attacks across southern Iran.
"In the recent attacks on the southern part of the country, more than 30 civilians lost their lives," she wrote on X.
Separately, Iran's Ports and Maritime Affairs authority reported that overnight U.S. strikes damaged the maritime traffic control center at Chabahar Port in southeastern Iran. The authority said the civilian watchtower, which supports search and rescue operations and maritime trade, sustained structural damage, though no casualties were immediately reported.
The latest exchanges come as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to climb over the Strait of Hormuz, despite a Pakistan-mediated Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding intended to bring the conflict to an end.
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