More than 30 civilians and seven soldiers have been killed in US attacks on southern Iran over the past few days, according to Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani.
“While expressing our condolences and sympathy to the bereaved families, we honour the memory of the fallen,” she said in a post on X.
“The government will stand by the people with all its might. The south of Iran is the beating heart of this land.”
Meanwhile, the Iranian army said it will respond to the attack on Bambour Garrison in Iranshahr, calling it “cowardly aggression”.
“A decisive response will be given to this crime at the appropriate time,” a statement cited by the Tasnim news agency said.
Thirteen US missiles struck facilities at a barrack in Bampour killing seven personnel from the 388th Brigade and injuring several others, it said. The army said “passive defence measures” limited casualties.
The US strikes were “intended to cause maximum casualties” with a guesthouse, guard posts, and accommodation facilities at the base targeted.
Meanwhile, Fresh US strikes hit Iran's southern port city of Bushehr, home to the country's only civilian nuclear plant, state news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.
"The American enemy attacked three locations in Bushehr today," the city governor, Mohammad Mozafari told IRNA, the day after another attack as Washington and Tehran stepped up their military confrontation.
Meanwhile, United States launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, after it reimposed a naval blockade in a return to war between the two foes.
Nearly a month after they signed a memorandum of understanding towards ending the Middle East war, the two sides resumed fighting with strikes on targets across the region.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, where the military said it had intercepted attacks against civilian targets, while Jordan's armed forces said they had downed three missiles from the Islamic republic.
US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, threatened to widen strikes next week to hit power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to the negotiating table.
"Next week it gets really bad for them," he told Fox News. Despite a return to hostilities, mediated talks between the two sides have not formally ended.
At the heart of the resumption of hostilities has been the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is crucial for global oil and gas flows.
Agreement 'dismantled
Iran blockaded Hormuz after the US and Israel launched their massive attack on February 28, using it for leverage against its foes for months before briefly reopening it, and then again vowing it would be closed "until the US ends its aggression".
The US, in turn, has reimposed its own blockade of Iran's ports, though Trump has backed down on a planned 20 percent levy on ships using the strait.
Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the renewed US blockade "has, in a way, dismantled the Islamabad memorandum", referring to the interim deal reached last month to halt hostilities and pursue peace talks.
Days after the return to war, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it launched "a wave of strikes... designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."
Iranian state media reported explosions near the port city of Bandar Abbas, on the island of Qeshm and on Bandar Imam Khomeini. It later said fresh US strikes hit the southern port city of Bushehr, home to the country's only civilian nuclear plant.
In the capital Tehran, there was no sign of a return to conflict, with ordinary Iranians thronging cafes to watch the France-Spain World Cup semi-final, AFP journalists saw.
But in Kuwait, repeatedly targeted throughout the war, people were anxious.
"Every day, I wake up wondering whether the situation will de-escalate or worsen," said Mustafa Mohamed, a 39-year-old Sudanese accountant in the Gulf country. "It has become difficult to feel at ease or plan anything because uncertainty grips everyone."
George Atef, a 38-year-old Egyptian civil servant in Kuwait, said: "What exhausts me most is not knowing when this situation will end -- the waiting itself has become draining."
Trump scraps levy
Since the war began, Iran has asserted its control over the Strait of Hormuz and opened fire on ships for taking routes it says are unauthorised. "The retaliatory operations of the fighters will continue, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States ends its acts of aggression," the Guards said.
A Norwegian tanker was hit by an explosion caused by an unidentified device off the Omani coast early Tuesday, the crisis response company MTI Network said.
And Kuwait said one of its naval vessels was struck during an Iranian missile and drone barrage, wounding four crew members. Trump, meanwhile, said he was scrapping a planned levy on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz that he announced Monday, replacing the fee with trade deals with Gulf allies.
"I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.
Since last week, renewed US attacks have killed at least 30 people in Iran, government spokesman Fatemeh Mohajerani said.
Separately, the military announced that seven of its personnel were killed in Wednesday's strikes on the southeast.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose country has not so far rejoined the war, warned Iranian leaders on Tuesday that Israel would deal a heavy blow if they launched an attack on his country.
Speaking from Dimona, a southern town widely believed to house Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal, he told them: "Do not count on things remaining quiet if you attack us."
Iran targets US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they struck facilities used by the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, after US strikes on Iranian territory as President Donald Trump reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports but scrapped a proposal to make ships pay to go through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
"The NSI Management Center, Command and Control Center, Major Military Parts and Equipment Warehouses, and Fuel Storage Facilities of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain Were Crushed," the Guards said in a statement carried by state television IRIB.
Revolutionary Guards said the Hormuz strait would remain closed until the United States ends its "acts of aggression" while warning that other regional oil export routes could also become targets.
Fighting between the United States and Iran, which began late February, has hampered energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit route for oil and gas shipments from the Gulf.
The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they carried out attacks on US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait following American strikes on Iranian territory, according to statements by Iranian state television IRIB.
"The enemy should know that now that its maritime raiders have blocked the Indian Ocean route for oil and gas exports to the world -- thereby endangering the interests of America's economic rivals -- it should also expect the closure of other oil and gas export routes that serve the interests of the United States and its allies," the statement said.
They did not elaborate on which routes could be affected.
"Oil and gas exports from the region will either be available for everyone or for no one," they added.
In a separate statement, the Guards said: "The retaliatory operations of the fighters will continue, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States ends its acts of aggression."
US officials have previously rejected Iranian assertions that Tehran can control navigation through the strait and have insisted international shipping routes remain open.
US military completes latest wave of strikes on Iran
The US military Central Command said it carried out a new wave of strikes on dozens of military targets in Iran.
"U.S. fighter aircraft, drones, and naval vessels launched precision munitions against Iranian missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, and coastal defense systems during the seven-hour wave to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping and civilian crews," CENTCOM said.
Earlier, CENTCOM said the strikes were aimed at "degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz."
Iran attacks US targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain
Iranian state-run television IRIB reported that Iran's army and the Revolutionary Guards carried out separate attacks on US targets in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain.
The army said it targeted the Al-Azraq base in Jordan with drones, IRIB reported. Separately, the Guards said they fired cruise missiles at a US military logistics centre in Kuwait.
The Guards also said they struck facilities used by the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
Kuwait and Jordan said they intercepted drones and missiles from Iran, while Bahrain's interior ministry said sirens rang out.
Kuwait intercepts drones
Kuwait's military said it was intercepting Iranian attack drones, while Bahrain activated air raid sirens after the United States carried out more strikes against Iran.
"Kuwaiti air defenses are currently engaging hostile drone attacks following the nefarious Iranian aggression," the Kuwaiti army said. Bahrain's interior ministry urged citizens and residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.
Trump threatens Iranian power plants
US President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Tuesday he would expand US strikes on Iran next week to target power plants and bridges if Tehran does not make a deal.
"Next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges," Trump said in an interview with the US broadcaster Fox News.
"We're going to knock out all their power plants. We're going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate."
US naval blockade comes into effect
A renewed US blockade on Iranian ports came into effect at 2000 GMT Tuesday, preventing vessels from transiting to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas.
"There are currently more than 20 US Navy warships and hundreds of military aircraft operating across the Middle East," US Central Command said in a statement. "American forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready."
Iran launches drone attack on Jordan
Iranian forces launched a drone attack early Wednesday on a military base in Jordan that hosts American warplanes.
Jordan's army had previously said Tuesday it had shot down four missiles from Iran.
Trump backs down on Hormuz ship levy
US President Donald Trump scrapped a planned 20-percent levy on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day after he announced it, replacing the fee with trade deals with Gulf allies.
Iran says US hit nuclear plant city, border zone, Gulf island
US strikes on Tuesday hit the port city of Bushehr, which hosts Iran's only civilian nuclear power plant, and an area near the border with Kuwait and Iraq, authorities said.
Abadan, which hosts the oldest oil refinery in the Middle East, and the port city of Mahshahr were also targeted, Khuzestan province deputy governor Valiollah Hayati said, according to state news agency IRNA.
Iranian state television reported explosions around the port city of Bandar Abbas and the Gulf island of Qeshm, both near the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel leader vows 'decisive' hit if Iran attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to strike powerfully against Iran if it staged a new attack on his country.
"I will say it to the leaders of Iran: Do not count on things remaining quiet if you attack us," Netanyahu said at a conference. "The days are over when someone strikes us and we don't hit back with a decisive blow."
Israel jails soldier for sending missile intercept videos to Iran agent
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had sentenced an active-duty soldier to five years in prison for sending videos of missile interceptions to an Iranian agent.
The soldier sent two such videos during the 12-day war with Iran in June last year and "received payment for them," the military said. It added that he had also shared several videos filmed in civilian locations with the Iranian agent.
The footage sent from civilian locations included one documenting a missile impact that the soldier had found online, the military said.
"Eventually, after feeling pressured, the defendant informed someone in his military unit that he had been in contact with a foreign agent," the military said.
"The following day, he was arrested by the Shin Bet," it said, without specifying exactly when the arrest took place.
The soldier was contacted through his Telegram account, where he received messages that included job offers.
The messages also included an offer from an Iranian agent asking whether he would like to earn money "by carrying out photography-related tasks," it said.
Military prosecutors had sought a seven-year prison sentence for the soldier, whose identity was not disclosed.
"The court took into account that the defendant had not transmitted military information or information obtained through his military duties, that he himself terminated the contact with the foreign agent, and that he promptly reported the contact to his commanders," the military said.
"The court sentenced the defendant to five years' imprisonment, along with a suspended prison sentence, a fine of 1,000 shekels ($335), and reduction in rank to Private."
In June 2025, Israel attacked its arch-foe Iran in a war that lasted 12 days and also saw Tehran firing missiles at Israel.
Israel's ally, the United States, entered the war during its final days.
The two allies struck Iran for the second time on February 28, killing the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the campaign.
Iran hangs man convicted for part in protests
Iran hanged a man on Wednesday, the judiciary announced, after finding him guilty of taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the country over the winter.
"Mohammad Amini Dehaghani, a collaborator with the enemy, was hanged this morning after confirmation of the verdict by the supreme court," the judiciary's press agency reported.
He was found guilty of "moharebeh" (war against God in Persian) and "corruption on earth".
The condemned had "thrown a Molotov cocktail on January 9 outside the governor's office in Dehaghan, set it alight and destroyed public property as well as the town's police station," state media added.
At the end of December, protests against the cost of living in Iran spread rapidly across the country and expanded to include political demands.
The protests were met by a crackdown that rights groups say killed thousands.
Iranian authorities have portrayed the protests as riots backed by the United States and Israel, and said the violence killed around 3,000 people.
Rights groups abroad put the toll higher and accused the security forces of firing at demonstrators.
The number of executions has surged since the start of the Middle East war, begun by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28.
According to Amnesty International, Iran conducts the second most executions of any country, after China.–Agencies