Iran's state TV, citing an unnamed official, reported Wednesday that a US projectile struck the city of Piranshahr in northwestern Iran. The report comes after several days without US strikes inside the country. No further details on targets or damage have been reported.
Iranian state TV reported Wednesday afternoon that a US projectile struck the city of Piranshahr in northwestern Iran, citing an unnamed official. The report comes after several days without US strikes inside Iran, and follows a series of earlier reports today from Iranian sources about a missile strike in West Azerbaijan province.
At 13:27 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported, citing Iran's Fars news agency, that "the enemy" attacked in West Azerbaijan. Minutes later, a second report from Fars specified that the missile struck an uninhabited area. Shortly thereafter, the provincial crisis management director confirmed that a missile launched by "the enemy" hit an open area with no casualties. The current report from state TV now identifies the location as the city of Piranshahr and explicitly attributes the strike to the United States, marking a progression from vague "enemy" attribution to a direct US accusation.
The reported strike is part of a broader US air campaign against Iranian military infrastructure. As The Zioneer has reported, US strikes have targeted sites across Iran in recent weeks, including in Shadegan and Ahvaz (south), Shiraz (center), Bandar Anzali (north), and Tabriz (northwest). The reported strike on Piranshahr, if confirmed, would be the first US attack in that specific area.
The claim remains unverified and based on a single unnamed official source. No details on the target, damage, or casualties have been reported. The earlier provincial official stated no casualties from the strike in the area, but it is unclear if that referred to the same incident now being reported as Piranshahr.
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