A new report Saturday morning claims US airstrikes overnight hit Larestan, Ahvaz, and Sirik in addition to previously reported locations Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and Qeshm Island. The report, citing local sources, lists seven cities and regions struck across southern and central Iran, including Yazd, as the US campaign continues.
Saturday morning at 09:37 Jerusalem, a security analysis channel published a new report claiming that overnight US airstrikes hit Larestan, Ahvaz, and Sirik, in addition to previously reported locations. The report also lists Yazd, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and Qeshm Island, citing local sources. However, several of these locations—Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and Qeshm—were already reported as struck in earlier Friday reports, and the expansion to Yazd was first noted at 00:40 Saturday. The new report appears to be a consolidation update that adds Larestan and Sirik to the known list.
The thread of reports began Friday morning with unverified accounts of explosions in Bandar Abbas (versions 1–4), quickly followed by reports of strikes in Bushehr and Ahvaz (versions 5–6). By Friday evening, our reports documented a series of US strikes on Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and Ahvaz (version 7), and then specifically on Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island (version 8, 08:38 Jerusalem). Overnight into Saturday, our coverage recorded the expansion of the campaign to the Yazd area in central Iran for the first time (00:40 Jerusalem), followed by new strikes on Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island (03:44 Jerusalem). The quality of corroboration has evolved from single-source hearsay to multiple unverified accounts, but no official confirmation has been issued.
As The Zioneer reported earlier, the US campaign has now entered its sixth consecutive night, targeting air defense systems, radar arrays, and command centers across southern and central Iran. A map published by the Abu Saleh Desk on Friday (08:49 Jerusalem) listed 12 sites struck overnight, including Ahvaz and Sirik, but not Larestan. The background context shows that most strikes have concentrated on Iran's southern coast and the Strait of Hormuz.
The latest report remains based on a single source and has not been independently confirmed. No official statements from US Central Command or Iranian authorities have addressed the overnight strikes. Casualties and damage assessments remain unclear.
7 developments
- StrongUnofficial Iranian sources expand list of US strike locations overnight
- DevelopingAbu Saleh Desk publishes map of overnight US strikes on Iran
- StrongUS strikes Iran for sixth consecutive night, expands targets to central Iran
- DevelopingReports: US strikes shift focus to Iranian bases deeper inside Iran, near Ahvaz
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