Iranian media have reported that US forces struck near the Bandar Abbas port, causing no damage or casualties.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later said it launched an attack on an “American airbase” in retaliation for the Bandar Abbas strike, and warned of “more decisive” action should US “aggression” continue, according to state media.
Kuwait’s military said its air defences confronted “hostile” missiles and drones, without providing information on where the attack came from.
The Israeli military has issued forced displacement orders for the entire population of southern Lebanon, threatening them to flee north of the Zahrani River, some 40km (25 miles) from Israel’s border, as all areas south of the river are now “combat zones“.
Aid agencies warn of an “absolute catastrophe” in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s attacks and its intensifying ground invasion.
Washington and Tehran have issued conflicting statements on negotiations to end the US-Israel war on Iran with US President Donald Trump saying there would be no easing of sanctions on Iran to reach a deal.
Tehran condemns the US attack on areas in Bandar Abbas, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a statement, Reuters reports
Iran also expresses solidarity with Oman after “US officials’ threats”, Baghaei added, following US President Donald Trump’s threat to blow up Oman if it did not “behave just like everybody else” in regards to the control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Deputy Secretary Ali Bagheri Kani has said Tehran is seeking the release of all frozen Iranian assets from the US, describing them as the “legal right” of the Iranian people, AlJazeera reports.
All of Iran’s assets must be returned without conditions, Tasnim news agency reports, citing Kani.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran stands in solidarity with Oman after “US officials’ threats”
The statement came after Trump threatened to “blow up” Oman if it did not “behave just like everybody else” with respect to control over the Strait of Hormuz.
Baghaei also condemned the recent US attack on areas in Iran’s Bandar Abbas.