IRGC targets US command centre, Jordanian airbase with 10 ballistic missiles

TEHRAN: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday it launched a missile strike targeting the US command-and-control centre in West Asia and the Al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan.

In a statement carried by Fars News Agency, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force fired 10 ballistic missiles targeting the two sites, claiming the attack "destroyed" the two facilities.

“If the aggression of the US terrorist army is repeated, other US bases in the region will not be spared from our heavy fire," it warned.

Jordan earlier said that its air defences intercepted and downed eight missiles launched from Iran toward the kingdom.

Iran calls US attacks on civilian infrastructure 'a gross war crime'

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the US attacks on several areas in the southern coastal provinces and two bridges in the eastern provinces along the railway route to Mashhad, and, as per IRNA, described them as flagrant war crimes and a violation of the UN Charter and the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

In a statement issued on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the US attacks against Iran "criminal" and stated that they were "carried out under the false pretext of responding to alleged incidents involving a few vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday", as per IRNA.

According to IRNA, the Ministry stated that the attacks constituted a clear violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter, and also represented a breach of Paragraphs 1 and 5 of the MoU on the Cessation of Hostilities.

Jordan intercepts 8 Iranian missiles; no casualties

Jordan intercepted eight Iranian missiles in its airspace after sirens sounded across the country, according to the armed forces, according to Al Jazeera.

Falling shrapnel did not cause any casualties or material damage, it added.

Blasts heard in Iran’s southern Bandar Abbas

Iran’s Mehr news agency reports more explosions have been heard in Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city on the Strait of Hormuz, according to Al Jazeera.

The United States launched new air strikes against Iran and Tehran responded by targeting US-allied Middle East countries in an exchange of fire that threatens an interim deal intended to help end the war.

The strikes came hours after President Trump said recent Iranian attacks on ships in Hormuz signaled the end of a fragile ceasefire and he threatened to escalate the conflict if they didn’t stop.

Several explosions heard in Iran's Bushehr

Several explosions were heard on Thursday in the city of Chaghadeh in Iran's southern Bushehr province, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.

Fars said residents reported hearing several explosions, but authorities had not yet released official information on the exact locations or causes of the blasts.

The agency said residents in other parts of Bushehr province had also reported hearing explosions earlier in the day.

According to Fars, the reported blasts came after US forces targeted locations in Bushehr province on Thursday morning.

The reported explosions came amid heightened military exchanges between Tehran and Washington for the second consecutive day following US strikes on multiple Iranian military and infrastructure targets.

US strikes on 5 Iranian provinces kill 14, injure 78: Iranian health ministry

US strikes on five Iranian provinces over the past two days killed at least 14 people and injured 78 others, the Iranian Health Ministry said Thursday.

“The United States targeted five provinces of Iran with attacks on July 8 and 9,” Hossein Kermanpour, head of the ministry's Public Relations and Information Centre, wrote in a post on the US social media company X.

He said the strikes had so far resulted in 14 deaths and 78 injuries.

According to the ministry, 47 of the injured remain hospitalised, while the remaining victims have been discharged after receiving medical treatment.

Three of the victims were killed in a strike near the southwestern city of Ahvaz, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA, which cited Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan province's deputy governor for security affairs.

The latest casualty figures come amid renewed hostilities between the US and Iran following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire reached last month.

Iran rejects US justification for deadly attacks

Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned dozens of US attacks, including on two railway bridges, calling Washington’s claim they were in response to attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz a “false pretext”, as per Al Jazeera.

The US attacks, which resulted in at least 14 deaths and dozens of wounded, including among the armed forces, violated the UN Charter as well as the ceasefire agreement, the ministry said.

Sirens sound again across Bahrain amid possible strikes

Bahrain activated air raid sirens for the third time on Thursday amid possible Iranian aerial attacks, the Interior Ministry said.

In a statement, the ministry urged citizens and residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.

Earlier Thursday, the Bahrain Defense Force said its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed several Iranian aerial threats.

The latest alert comes amid escalating military exchanges between Iran and the US for the second consecutive day.