The United States carried out a sixth consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran, expanding targets to the Yazd area in central Iran for the first time, according to Iranian reports. The strikes reportedly hit an underground 'missile city' inside a granite mountain, as well as targets in Kurdistan and military sites near Shiraz in southern Iran.
The United States carried out a sixth consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran in the early hours of Saturday, expanding the campaign to the Yazd region in central Iran for the first time, according to Iranian reports. Additional strikes were reported in Iran's Kurdistan province and near the southern city of Shiraz, from which Iran has launched missiles in recent days. The expansion of targets marks a significant escalation in the US air campaign, which has progressively moved from coastal areas along the Strait of Hormuz to deeper strategic sites.
The US military had earlier confirmed a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Friday morning, citing escalating fighting over the Strait of Hormuz as justification. That confirmation came after a week of sustained operations, during which The Zioneer reported strikes on Bushehr, Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, and Parchin in previous nights. The campaign has seen a steady expansion of target areas, from the coast to Kurdistan and Khuzestan on the fourth night, and now to central Iran.
The strikes are part of a broader US military campaign aimed at degrading Iran's military capabilities, as stated by the Pentagon. The Zioneer has reported on the dual military-diplomatic approach, with the Biden administration expressing openness to ceasefire negotiations even as strikes continue.
The latest strikes remain unconfirmed by US or Iranian official sources, and casualty figures have not been reported. It is unclear whether the reported strikes on the 'missile city' in Yazd have been independently verified.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake