Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reports that US forces struck five bridges in southern Iran overnight. The report updates earlier estimates of two bridges hit. The specific locations and extent of damage are not yet known.
Fars News Agency, a semi-official Iranian outlet, confirmed early Friday morning that US forces struck five bridges in southern Iran overnight, the highest number of bridges reported hit in a single wave of strikes. The confirmation updates earlier accounts that had cited two or three bridges, and follows a series of reports that have steadily increased the count.
Initial reports at 23:45 Jerusalem time on Thursday were unverified claims of an attack on a bridge linking Bandar Abbas to Shiraz. Within the same hour, Iranian state television reported two bridges attacked. Israeli news site ynet then reported two bridges and US missiles near Sirik. Later, ynet updated its report to five bridges damaged, and Iranian media cited by N12 reported a total of five bridges struck. The Fars report is the first direct confirmation from an Iranian official outlet of the number of bridges hit.
The bridge strikes are part of a broader US campaign against Iranian infrastructure, as The Zioneer reported earlier. Security analyst Yair Goldblatt claimed the strikes hit bridges leading to Bandar Abbas and other IRGC targets, and Iran's Tasnim agency reported a strike on a central bridge in Kurdistan province. The pattern suggests a coordinated effort to sever supply routes to the strategic port of Bandar Abbas.
What remains unknown is the specific locations and extent of damage to each bridge, and whether the campaign will continue. No official US or Israeli confirmation has been issued.
8 developments
- StrongThe source claims to have published coordinates of US-struck bridges in Iran
- DevelopingIran's Tasnim agency reports US strike on central bridge in Kurdistan province
- StrongSource: Overnight US strikes hit newly-built Iranian targets, including surveillance and drone storage
- DevelopingReport: Second wave of US strikes hits southern Iran as new explosions heard
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