US continues strikes on Iran, US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan attacked by Iran

The United States launched another round of strikes against Iran on Thursday, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement, reported Xinhua.

"At 2 p.m. ET today, U.S. forces began conducting a new wave of strikes against Iran for the sixth consecutive night to further degrade Iranian military capabilities," the statement said.

U.S. projectiles on Thursday evening hit areas near Qeshm County and the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, Iranian media reported.

A U.S. projectile struck the vicinity of Qeshm County at 6:10 p.m. local time (1440 GMT), the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, adding that further details will be released after preliminary investigations.

Meanwhile, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported U.S. strikes near Bandar Abbas at 6:20 p.m. and 6:40 p.m. local time on Thursday, quoting provincial authorities as saying that the attacks caused no casualties or material damage.

Also on Thursday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned U.S. "aggressive" attacks on Iran, following Washington's decision to resume its naval blockade over the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.

The ministry listed some of the targeted places as a barracks in Bampur County in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, where seven soldiers were killed, a wheat storage facility in Hoveyzeh County in southwestern Khuzestan province, and a mineral water production company in Dehloran County in western Ilam province.

The ministry vowed to use all capabilities to defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, urging regional states to prevent the United States from using their territories or facilities for "aggressive" acts.

Separately, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei on Thursday condemned a U.S. strike near Shahid Baqaei Hospital, a children's cancer treatment center, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz on Wednesday night.

"This barbaric attack, reminiscent of Israel's atrocities against healthcare facilities, caused severe suffering and anxiety upon the hospitalized children, and forced the emergency evacuation of 211 patients undergoing chemotherapy," Baghaei wrote on social media platform X.

Meanwhile, Iran's main military command Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned on Thursday that any U.S. attack on Iranian power plants and bridges would trigger a devastating response against all infrastructure across West Asia, as Iranian forces struck U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.

The warning came after U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would expand its strikes on Iran to target power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran agrees to negotiate.

Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the headquarters' spokesman, issued the warning in a video message carried by Iranian media in response to recent threats by Trump to attack Iran's infrastructure if the country does not come to the negotiating table.

"The powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will crush everything that has still remained intact owing to Iran's decency," he said, if the U.S. president follows through on threats against Iranian infrastructure.

Zolfaghari stressed that the Iranian armed forces' response will not be "an equal blow," but "more severe, widespread, and devastating than ever."

Early Thursday, the Iranian armed forces targeted U.S. bases and facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan in retaliation for fresh attacks by the United States against locations in southern Iran.

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News that its naval and aerospace forces carried out joint missile and drone attacks against U.S. targets.

The IRGC said it destroyed a C-RAM radar system, a satellite communications center, and an assembly site at Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base, hit a fighter jet ramp and a command center at Jordan's al‑Azraq base, and struck a wharf at Kuwait's Shuaiba Port.

Meanwhile, the Iranian Army deployed homegrown Arash drones to target U.S. radar systems, a Patriot battery and oil depots at Ali Al Salem, as well as communications and radar facilities at Bahrain's Shaikh Isa Air Base.

IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebi warned in a post on X that "the enemy should not think that it can continue the current equation of the battle," adding Iran's operations focus on destroying U.S. offensive infrastructure in West Asia.

Similar clashes have occurred between Iran and the United States over recent days, despite a June 18 peace memorandum of understanding under which the two sides were scheduled to hold negotiations within 60 days.