Key facts
- Iranian media broadcast footage showing damage to bridges and civilian infrastructure in the country's south.
- The US denied targeting civilian infrastructure, stating strikes were exclusively on military targets.
- BBC Verify confirmed damage to a bridge in Hormozgan province.
- Iranian authorities reported seven fatalities and strikes on an airport, a railway station, and six bridges.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed retaliatory strikes on targets in Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
- Kuwait reported Iranian drone strikes on power and water desalination facilities.
Iranian state media broadcast footage depicting damage to bridges and other civilian infrastructure in the country's south, following over a week of consecutive US strikes. The US, however, has denied these accusations, with a White House spokesperson stating that strikes were "exclusively on military targets, including military logistics infrastructure."
BBC Verify confirmed an attack on a bridge in Hormozgan province, with daylight images showing a crumbled stretch of road. Iranian state media and local officials reported that Iranshahr Airport, a railway station, and six bridges in Hormozgan province were hit on Thursday night, resulting in seven fatalities according to provincial authorities. US Central Command (Centcom) stated the attacks were intended to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities."
UN human rights chief Volker Türk previously warned that deliberately attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure constitutes a war crime. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also expressed concern about the escalation, particularly regarding attacks on civilian infrastructure. In response to the latest US attacks, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have struck US maritime surveillance radar sites in Oman, as well as targets in Kuwait and Bahrain, and a US special operations command center in Syria.
Kuwaiti authorities confirmed that Iranian strikes had hit power generation and water desalination stations, with several personnel wounded. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that Iran has effectively blocked throughout the war, has remained shut, raising concerns from the International Energy Agency about global energy supplies. The US and Iran had previously agreed to a ceasefire in June to facilitate peace talks, but these talks reportedly made no headway, leading President Donald Trump to declare the ceasefire over last week.