Tehran activated its air defenses, while explosions were reported in the islands of Qeshm, Larak, and Hengam, as well as the Iranian cities of Ahvaz and Bandar Abbas.
US forces completed the 13th night of attacks against Iran early Friday morning, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced in a post on X/Twitter. The strikes "targeted Iranian military command centers, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities to further diminish the threat Iran poses to civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz," it said in the post.
CENTCOM also confirmed that the strait remains open for transit "despite recent attacks from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," and that "commercial vessels continue to freely navigate with US military support." Earlier on Friday, CENTCOM had announced in a post on X strikes "aimed to hold Iran accountable and diminish threats from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to commercial shipping."Meanwhile, Iranian air defenses were activated in the capital city of Tehran Friday morning to counter the US's "hostile threat," Iran's semi-official Nour News reported.
IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency had said the explosions were caused by American missiles. Iranian media also reported explosions in Ahvaz, a city in southern Iran, and in an area west of Bandar Abbas, a port city occupying a strategic position in the Strait of Hormuz. (Read More)
