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Multiple explosions were heard in the southern port cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirik on Friday night local time, Iranian media reported, shortly after the US military began its seventh night of airstrikes.
Iran says the Revolutionary Guard's navy targeted a Thai-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday after the vessel "ignored warnings and attempted to transit without obtaining permission."
The Trump administration plans to send dozens more aerial refueling planes to Israel as Trump considers a major expansion of US military operations against Iran, Axios reported.
Iran said on Friday they had attacked a US special operations command center in Syria's al-Tanf region. US Central Command later said no American troops had been killed or injured in the attack.
President Donald Trump said the United States was “winning big in Iran” and that the results of its efforts would become apparent “very, very shortly.”
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted US military installations in Kuwait, as the Kuwaiti army reported intercepting missiles and drones launched from Iran.
The IRGC warned that countries hosting American forces should expect “corresponding responses” if their territory is used for attacks on Iran, according to the Guards-affiliated Tasnim news agency.
Kuwait hosts several thousand US troops and serves as an important logistics hub for American military operations in the region.
There was no immediate confirmation from US Central Command of damage or casualties at American facilities in Kuwait.
Jordan’s armed forces said on Friday that the interception of 10 Iranian missiles targeting the kingdom caused no injuries or material damage.
The military said engineering units begun work at sites where shrapnel fell to secure and handle the debris according to established technical and security procedures.
US missile strikes hit electricity infrastructure and desalination pumps at a pier in the village of Bonji in Jask, Hormozgan province, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim reported on Friday.
Hormozgan Deputy Governor for Political, Security and Social Affairs Ismail Dehestani said the damage disrupted drinking water supplies to several villages in western Jask and that authorities were assessing the extent of the damage while working to restore services.
Iran’s reported shift toward using cruise missiles against commercial vessels has made the Persian Gulf conflict deadlier for civilian shipping, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The newspaper said at least three seafarers were killed and more than a dozen injured over the past week, bringing the total number of commercial sailors killed since the war began to at least 17, according to the International Maritime Organization. It also reported that Strait of Hormuz traffic fell to eight transits on Thursday, down from about 30 a day the previous week.
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior activated an emergency siren for a second time on Friday and urged citizens and residents to head to the nearest safe place.
Kuwait’s military said on Friday its air defenses were responding to hostile missile and drone attacks following what it described as Iranian aggression.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday it completed its latest wave of strikes against Iran after a seventh consecutive night of attacks.
In a post on X, CENTCOM said the operation targeted surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage facilities and maritime capabilities using fighter aircraft, drones, warships and other military assets.
Kuwait’s military said on Friday its air defenses were responding to hostile drone attacks following what it described as Iranian aggression.
In a statement posted on X, Kuwait’s General Staff of the Army said any sounds of explosions heard were the result of air defense systems intercepting the attacks.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Friday denied a report by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that two oil tankers exploded after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz. In a post on X, CENTCOM said the IRGC’s report was false.