The United States has launched strikes on Iran late Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian state media reporting explosions in several areas including Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island.
Eyewitness footage shows what appears to be a projectile streaking across the sky, followed by a flash of light as it appears to reach the ground, filmed from Eilat, Israel, looking towards Jordan.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry issued an alert over a potential threat and urged citizens and residents to remain calm and move to the nearest safe location.
The ministry did not immediately provide further details about the nature of the threat.
U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday that U.S. forces had completed a wave of strikes against Iranian military targets on 1 September, following what it described as recent attempted attacks by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. service members.
Kuwait’s military said its air defenses were confronting hostile drone attacks following what it described as “Iranian aggression”, adding that explosions heard in the country were the result of air defense systems intercepting the drones.
The General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army urged residents to follow security and safety instructions issued by the authorities.
Iranian media reported that Iran's military launched a large-scale drone attack targeting a U.S. base in Bahrain.
The reported attack comes amid renewed Iranian retaliation following U.S. strikes on targets in Iran. The claims have not been independently verified.
No U.S. casualties have been reported so far following an Iranian attack on facilities in Jordan, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
Jordanian air defences dealt with 13 ballistic missiles that entered the kingdom's airspace, according to a statement from the Jordanian Armed Forces.
The statement did not provide further details on the origin of the missiles or report any casualties or damage.
Air raid sirens were activated in Jordan’s Mafraq and Aqaba governorates on Tuesday, state television reported, as Iran launched attacks targeting U.S. interests and bases in the region in response to U.S. strikes on Iran.
At least four people were killed and 35 seriously injured in a U.S. attack on a wedding near Sirik, Iran, an Iranian state TV reporter said.
At least two people were killed and several others injured in a U.S. attack near the southern Iranian town of Sirik during a wedding, Iran’s deputy governor told state television. There was no immediate reaction from the United States to the report.
New explosions were heard in Iran’s southeastern port city of Chabahar on Tuesday, Mehr News Agency reported, as tensions between Iran and the United States continued to escalate. The cause of the blasts was not immediately clear, and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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Iran has launched missiles and drones towards what it described as “enemy positions”, Iranian media reported, citing field observations, as tensions with the United States escalated again.
Iran’s Fars news agency reported that an explosion was heard in Asaluyeh, a major gas hub on the Gulf coast.
Iranian state television reported that U.S. forces attacked Jiroft airport in southeastern Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had given Iran many chances and dismissed the value of any potential deal with Tehran, Fox News reported on Tuesday.
Trump said an agreement with Iran would not be worth the paper it was written on.
New explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas and on Qeshm Island, while blasts were also reported on Lavan Island.
Iran's Fars news agency has quoted a spokesman from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC) as saying the U.S. 'will regret its new attacks' launched on southern Iran late Tuesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States military has launched strikes on southern Iran around the Strait of Hormuz. He has said that if Iran retaliates for what he called 'this very justified attack', Iran will 'be hit again at a much harder and higher level.'
Explosions have been heard around the Strait of Hormuz late on Tuesday in the Iranian port cities of Bandar Abbas, Jask, Sirik and Qeshm Island, according to state IRNA news agency.
Earlier, U.S. Central Command wrote in a post on X that "the strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region."
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