The U.S. military said it conducted the seventh night of strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump declared that the temporary ceasefire agreement had ended.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces targeted “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities.”
Iran said it responded by targeting U.S. allies in the region, including Kuwait, which reported that a power plant and an oil facility had been hit.
Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water said: “Another electricity and water desalination plant was targeted by a hostile attack that caused a fire to break out in one of the plant’s components,” adding that some power generation units had been taken offline.
Later on Saturday, Kuwait’s state news agency reported that an oil facility had suffered significant damage and that several people were injured in what it described as “repeated Iranian attacks.”
Jordan’s military also announced that it had intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight, with no damage reported. Bahrain said its air defenses had successfully “thwarted” Iranian attacks.
CENTCOM said it ended its strikes at 21:30 ET (02:30 BST) after several hours of operations.
The command said U.S. forces used fighter aircraft, aerial drones, warships, and other military assets during the strikes.
Meanwhile, Iranian state media reported explosions in the central city of Yazd, Qeshm Island, and the port city of Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz.
BBC Persian verified two videos showing damage and debris around the twin Shahid Mirzaei tunnels, a route located north of Bandar Abbas.
Local authorities said an attack on electricity facilities and desalination pumps near Jask had left around 10,000 residents in 20 villages without access to drinking water.
More than 100 telecommunications towers were also reportedly knocked out of service, disrupting landline, mobile, and internet services in northern Hormozgan province.
The United States and Iran had agreed in June to halt fighting in order to allow negotiations aimed at ending the war.
The ceasefire was largely maintained, despite Iranian attacks on oil tankers aimed at forcing compliance with Tehran’s demand that vessels obtain authorization before crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks on shipping were followed by U.S. strikes against Iran.
However, negotiations appeared to make little progress, and President Trump declared the ceasefire over last week.
Since then, the United States has not only targeted Iranian sites but has also reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports.
Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping, causing maritime traffic to largely come to a halt.
The strait is a major global energy route, with around one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies passing through it. International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol has warned of concerns over global energy security.
The U.S. military also rejected a report by Iran’s Fars news agency claiming that two oil tankers had “exploded and caught fire while passing through a mined route south of the Strait of Hormuz.”
CENTCOM said: “Like most IRGC claims, this is false.”
On Friday, Iran’s armed forces claimed to have attacked several U.S. military facilities across the Gulf region in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and, for the first time, Syria. The United States denied the claims.
Sources told CBS News, the BBC’s U.S. partner, that several American service members were injured during Iranian attacks on two Jordanian bases over the past week.
The United States has also denied Iranian claims that it targeted civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges, a train station, and an airport.
BBC Verify and BBC Persian verified footage showing damage to the Gariveh Bridge after nighttime videos showed flames rising from the structure. Daylight footage revealed a collapsed section of the road and debris surrounding the damaged bridge.
Authorities in Hormozgan province said seven people were killed in the attacks.
A White House spokesperson told the BBC that the United States had “carried out strikes exclusively on military targets, including military logistics infrastructure.”
The U.S. also announced that it had destroyed a control tower at the port of Chabahar, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sharing an image showing the tower collapsing after the strike.
CENTCOM said the tower was part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ maritime surveillance network.
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