Iranian sources have confirmed that American forces struck seven coastal points along southern Iran on Wednesday night, according to reports on Telegram. The confirmation follows earlier unverified accounts of the strikes, which The Zioneer first reported based on the same network of Iranian-aligned channels.
Iranian security-adjacent Telegram channels are now explicitly confirming the American strikes on seven coastal points in southern Iran, upgrading the status of the reports from unverified claims to an acknowledged development. This confirmation, reported by The Zioneer at 22:48 UTC, comes after an earlier report at 22:46 UTC from the same desk, based on Iran's Mehr News Agency, that the strikes had occurred but awaited official confirmation. The confirmation appears to originate from the same network of Iranian-aligned sources that have been tracking the U.S. military campaign since the first wave of strikes late Wednesday night.
Earlier Wednesday evening, a wave of U.S. strikes targeted sites along Iran's coastline, with explosions reported in multiple southern cities including Bandar Abbas, Minab, and Qeshm, as air defense systems were activated near Asaluyeh and in western Tehran. A US official confirmed to Axios that all targets struck were in southern Iran, including air defense systems, radar arrays, and drone command-and-control units, as part of a campaign CENTCOM described as a proportional response to Iranian aggression. The first wave concluded, targeting IRGC Navy bases on Qeshm Island and radar installations, as The Zioneer reported at 22:34 UTC.
As The Zioneer reported on June 9, conflicting accounts had emerged from Tehran regarding the conclusion of earlier strikes, while the US maintained operations were ongoing. A previous report noted that an Arabic-language security source placed US warships 150 to 250 kilometers off Iran's Chabahar coast. The specific coastal points named in the current confirmation have not been detailed, and the extent of damage or casualties from the strikes remains unconfirmed by independent sources as of late Wednesday evening.
11 developments
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- ConfirmedUS targets around the Strait of Hormuz exposed to potential threats
- StrongArabic security source: US warships within 150–250 km of Iran's Chabahar coast
- DevelopingIran-linked channels report fresh exchange of fire with US Navy in Strait of Hormuz
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- Internal intake