Official Iranian sources say that movement has been halted following a strike on a bridge. No further details on the location or type of movement were immediately available.
Official Iranian sources have now confirmed that traffic was halted following a strike on a bridge, adding a specific operational detail to the reports that emerged minutes earlier. The confirmation came at 23:28 Jerusalem, just 16 minutes after The Zioneer first reported the attack on the bridge connecting Bandar Abbas to Shiraz, as part of the fifth consecutive night of US strikes on Iran. The single source did not specify the type of bridge or the nature of the halted traffic.
At 23:12 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported three successive developments: first, Tasnim news agency's account of an attack on the Bandar Abbas–Shiraz bridge (version 1); second, a report that US strikes also hit Iranshahr airport (version 2); and third, claims of seven casualties in the night's strikes, including Bushehr, Iranshahr airport, and the same bridge, with the bridge attack noted as already confirmed by Iranian officials (version 3). The initial report relied on a single state-affiliated source; by version 3, multiple Iranian state media and local reports were cited. The official confirmation of the traffic halt now provides a specific corroborated detail.
As The Zioneer reported on July 9 (Thu 03:21 Jerusalem), US cruise missile strikes hit two railway bridges in northern Iran. On July 14 (Tue 18:40 Jerusalem), Iranian authorities announced the repair of one of those bridges and the resumption of freight train traffic. The current strike on the Bandar Abbas–Shiraz bridge appears to be part of a broader US campaign that has also targeted Bushehr, Iranshahr airport, and other infrastructure, as reported at 23:12 Jerusalem.
The location of the bridge is identified as the Bandar Abbas–Shiraz route, but the extent of damage, whether the bridge is a railway or road bridge, and the type of traffic halted remain unspecified. The claim of seven casualties from the broader night's strikes has not been independently verified, and the affiliation of the victims is not known.
4 developments
- DevelopingIran suspends train traffic between Tehran and Mashhad following strikes
- ConfirmedIran suspends all flights, Tasnim reports after Israeli strike
- StrongIranian authorities announce repair of railway bridge damaged in US strikes, freight trains resume
- DevelopingIran's Tasnim agency reports US strike on central bridge in Kurdistan province
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