Iran has launched missiles and drones toward Gulf states, according to multiple reports. Air defenses were activated near the Assaluyeh gas complex in southern Iran as opposition sources reported a missile launch from the Tabriz area. The launches come as a senior US official confirms strikes on Iran have begun, and after reports of heavy attacks on IRGC positions along Iran's southern coast.
Iran launched missiles and drones toward Gulf states late Thursday evening, according to unverified reports from regional channels. Air defenses were triggered at the Assaluyeh gas complex in Bushehr Province, a critical energy hub on Iran's southern coast. Opposition sources in Iran reported a missile launch from the Tabriz area in the northwest, though it remains unclear whether that launch was directed at targets in the Gulf or formed part of Iran's broader defensive posture.
The launches represent Iran's first publicly reported kinetic response since the US began a major air offensive against Iranian military installations earlier Thursday evening. As The Zioneer reported at 21:10 and 21:37 UTC, reports of US strikes escalated rapidly: initial single-source claims (version 1) were followed by an Israeli official confirmation of the attack (version 7), then by local Iranian media reporting explosions across southern Iran (version 8), and finally by a senior American official confirming to journalist Barak Ravid that strikes had commenced (context bulletin, 21:37). The thread documents a sustained US campaign: a retaliatory wave on June 9 after an Iranian helicopter downing, followed by successive waves including a third strike wave that reached Ahvaz inland early Thursday, and the stated expansion of 'Operation Epic Fury' to target naval and air defense hubs.
The scale of Iran's salvo — precise numbers of missiles and drones, targets in each Gulf state, and interception data — is not yet confirmed. Reports indicate the launches targeted unspecified Gulf countries, but no casualties or impact locations have been publicly reported at this hour. No official confirmation from Tehran has been received.
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