According to reports, US forces overnight struck six bridges connecting the port city of Bandar Abbas to other cities, destroyed the maritime control tower in Chabahar, attacked Iranshahr airport, and hit the central railway junction in Bandar Abbas, causing damage to the city's power grid. The strikes mark an escalation in the ongoing US campaign targeting Iranian infrastructure, as President Trump had promised.
The overnight strikes on Iranian infrastructure destroyed the maritime control tower at Chabahar port and damaged the power grid in Bandar Abbas, according to reports. The attacks mark the latest escalation in the US campaign to isolate the strategic port city and the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes follow a pattern of targeting transportation and logistics nodes, and come after President Trump signaled a broadening of the operation to include bridges and power plants.
The thread of reports this morning began with unverified claims on social media: at 00:36 Jerusalem, security analyst Yair Goldblatt reported that all bridges linking Bandar Khomeini to Bandar Abbas had been disabled. Minutes later, a US official confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that bridge strikes were aimed at cutting supply lines to Bandar Abbas. Goldblatt then posted that IRGC naval assets, weapons warehouses, and radar systems were also hit. By 00:36, reports indicated that five bridges, a train station, and an airport had been struck in the heaviest night of the campaign so far. At 08:39, the Arabic channel Abu Saleh reported heavy fire on routes to Bandar Abbas. At 09:03, the governor of Hormozgan confirmed seven killed and nine wounded in strikes on six bridges, a railway, an airport, and a maritime control tower. The latest report adds the destruction of the Chabahar control tower and damage to the Bandar Abbas power grid.
The Zioneer reported earlier this morning that Iran retaliated against US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan at 07:42. The US campaign, as The Zioneer reported on Jun 10, was signaled by President Trump to include power plants and bridges.
The full extent of damage to the Bandar Abbas power grid and the operational status of Chabahar port remain unclear. Claims about IRGC naval assets hit have not been independently verified.
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