The United States expanded its sixth night of strikes against Iran into a campaign against inland logistics, hitting the Kahurestan and Giriyeh bridges on the Bandar Abbas–Lar highway, the main road link between Iran’s largest port and Shiraz, along with a railway junction and a maritime control tower at Chabahar, according to the Washington Times.
Iran’s Hormozgan Governor’s Office said the bridge strikes killed seven and wounded nine, though a separate report citing the Fars news agency put the toll at two killed and four wounded, with the Bandar Abbas–Khamir–Lar road closed entirely, per Ynet.
The strikes appeared aimed at cutting Bandar Abbas off from routes toward Tehran, disrupting materiel and civilian goods bound for the interior, NBC News reported. Iran also acknowledged strikes on power infrastructure for the first time Friday, asking southern provinces to cut electricity use.
Retaliatory strikes widened across the Gulf, with Qatar intercepting a missile attack and Kuwait activating air defenses, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed a strike on a US command center at al-Tanf in Syria that Reuters said it could not independently verify, according to Iran International.
