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According to a report from NBC News, the United States conducted fresh strikes on bridges and infrastructure around Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas overnight into Friday, marking the sixth consecutive night of attacks in a broadening campaign to challenge Tehran’s influence over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The latest assaults appeared designed to isolate Bandar Abbas, Iran’s primary commercial port, from major road and rail links to the capital Tehran. In response, Iranian forces launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. allies across the Middle East, including what officials described as the first direct attack on Syria.
The U.S. military, through U.S. Central Command, stated that the operations focused on “military logistics infrastructure” and “maritime capabilities.”
Iranian officials and state media countered that the strikes damaged civilian targets, including at least six bridges — one of them still under construction — and a railway junction station west of Bandar Abbas. State news agency IRNA reported that at least eight people were killed and 20 others injured in the attacks.
Iran also acknowledged for the first time strikes on power infrastructure, prompting the energy ministry to urge residents in southern provinces to conserve electricity. Additional damage was reported at a maritime control tower in Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman, which has been hit multiple times recently. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared images on X showing the tower collapsing amid smoke plumes.
President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a primetime speech, projecting confidence amid the escalating tensions. “We are likewise winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly,” Trump said.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard responded by firing missiles and drones toward U.S. military sites in Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar. The Guard claimed to have targeted radar facilities, HIMARS launch platforms in Kuwait, U.S. aircraft in Jordan, and the Al-Tanf base in Syria, which it described as a Special Operations command center.
A child in Qatar was reportedly injured by shrapnel from interceptions, and air sirens sounded in Bahrain. NBC News could not independently verify the Iranian claims, and the Pentagon had not immediately commented.
The confrontation has effectively paralyzed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital chokepoint that carried about one-fifth of global oil flows before the current crisis.
Traffic has dropped sharply to just a handful of vessels daily. Tehran declared the waterway closed and demanded transit fees, while the U.S. reimposed a naval blockade encouraging safer routes closer to Oman.
“As long as the American atrocities continue, not a single drop of oil and gas will be exported from this region,” the IRGC warned, according to Mehr news agency.
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