Iran (IMNA) - In a post on X late Wednesday local time, CENTCOM said the strikes began at 8:00 p.m. ET (00:00 GMT Thursday), calling them a "powerful response" to alleged Iranian actions the previous day.
According to Tehran-based Press TV, citing local sources and media, multiple explosions were reported across southern Iran after the attacks began.
Tasnim News Agency reported that three explosions were heard within the city on Qeshm Island. Explosions were also reported in Bushehr Province, according to the IRIB state broadcaster.
IRIB, citing a deputy security official in Khuzestan Province, said U.S. forces targeted several locations in Abadan. The broadcaster also reported two explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province, while similar blasts were heard on Abu Musa, Kish, and Qeshm islands. A senior Hormozgan official said no attacks had occurred in the city of Sirik.
Local residents reported that a missile struck a residential area, although no information on casualties was immediately available, Tasnim said. The agency added that U.S. strikes also targeted southwestern Fars Province and Kish Island in the Persian Gulf.
In Fars Province, an area on the outskirts of Kazerun was hit, while two loud explosions were heard on Kish Island following a missile strike.
IRIB reported that two people were trapped beneath the rubble after a U.S. strike hit a residential building in the Chah-Tango neighborhood of Qeshm City. Quoting the deputy governor of Hormozgan Province, the broadcaster said the building had been struck by "enemy projectiles" and that search-and-rescue teams were working to free those trapped.
Meanwhile, Tasnim reported that U.S. forces struck several locations in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province, causing power outages in parts of the city. IRIB said at least seven locations in Ahvaz were targeted. Explosions were also reported in Shadegan, Arvandkenar, and Abadan.
On Thursday morning, CENTCOM said it had completed what it described as a "heavy wave of strikes against Iran," claiming its forces had targeted dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites following the previous day's attempted missile attacks on American forces.
The latest U.S. assault follows the IRGC's missile operation targeting American military positions in Jordan, which Iran described as a lawful act of self-defense in response to the continued U.S. military presence in the region and repeated attacks on Iranian interests.
U.S. and Jordanian officials claimed that all ballistic missiles fired toward American positions had been intercepted and that no casualties were reported among U.S. forces.
The strikes came after a brief pause in U.S. bombing operations, which Washington had said was intended to provide an opportunity for diplomacy. However, the renewed attacks followed statements by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier on Wednesday, in which he warned Iran of further military action, saying it was "our turn" and vowing to strike the country "very hard."
Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that any attack on the country's territory would be met with a decisive response. Tehran has also condemned previous U.S. attacks on Iranian military and civilian infrastructure as violations of international law, the United Nations Charter, and previous understandings, maintaining that the continued U.S. military presence in West Asia remains the primary source of regional tensions.
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