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Fresh US strikes hit southernIran on Thursday, including Bandar Abbas and areas near the Strait of Hormuz,Iranian media reported, as Tehran vowed a “direct and decisive” response.

    Missiles struck severallocations in Hormozgan province, while a projectile landed near the Bushehrnuclear power plant. Qeshm Island was also hit, including the village of Masan.Local authorities recorded no civilian casualties or infrastructure damage inthe province.

    ? شواهد جدید از کمک امارات در حملات به ایرانانتشار ویدئویی از یک حملهٔ پهپادی در بندرعباس، بار دیگر نقش امارات در تجاوز نظامی علیه ایران را آشکار کرد.در این تصاویر، یک پهپاد از خانوادهٔ Yabhon ساخت امارات درحال پرواز بر فراز منطقه دیده می‌شود. pic.twitter.com/cyU6i6xuda

    — خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) July 16, 2026

    Iran’s Health Ministry put thetoll since the resumption of US attacks in the country’s south at 35 peoplekilled and about 300 injured.

    US Central Command (CENTCOM)said earlier the operation focused on command centers, air defenses, dronecapabilities, and coastal surveillance sites near Bandar Abbas to weaken Iran’sability to threaten commercial shipping. A separate 90-minute mission theprevious day hit coastal defense systems, a cruise missile facility, and launchpositions on Greater Tunb Island.

    In Ahvaz, Shahid Baghaei 2Hospital, a pediatric cancer center, resumed operations after 211 patients weretemporarily evacuated when US missiles landed nearby late Wednesday, Iranianofficials told local media. No one was harmed during the transfer, andtreatment restarted despite the critical condition of several children at thecancer center.

    Foreign Ministry spokespersonEsmaeil Baqaei considered the incident a “war crime” and charged Washingtonwith endangering pediatric patients. He separately cautioned that renewedaction against the country would draw an “unequivocal” response, affirming thatthe armed forces were prepared for all scenarios and that implementation of thememorandum of understanding remained tied to the principle of “commitment forcommitment.”

    Shahid Baqaei Hospital, a children's cancer treatment centre in Ahvaz, was evacuated last night after the US attacked a nearby location.This barbaric attack, reminiscent of Israel’s atrocities against healthcare facilities, caused severe suffering and anxiety upon the… pic.twitter.com/xv3W7SY2X9

    — Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) July 16, 2026

    The ministry also portrayedWashington’s overseas military presence as a “colonial” policy that infringeson national sovereignty. It defended Iranian attacks on facilities involved inoperations against the country as “legitimate self-defense,” called onneighboring states to prevent their territory from being used for hostileaction, and charged the United States with breaching the newly signedmemorandum and “betraying diplomacy” for the third time within a year.

    بیانیه وزارت امور خارجه درباره حملات وحشیانه آمریکا علیه ایران و جنایات جنگی ارتکابیحمله به آسایشگاه تیپ ۳۸۸ ارتش در #بمپور، حمله به سیلوی ذخیره گندم در شهرستان #هویزه، حمله به کارخانه تولید آب معدنی در #موسیان، حمله به برج مراقبت دریایی #چابهار، و بسیاری حملات مشابه دیگر... pic.twitter.com/XXf9IUOuI0

    — وزارت امور خارجه (@IRIMFA) July 16, 2026

    Brig. Gen. Yadollah Javani,the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ assistant commander for politicalaffairs, warned that further escalation would endanger regional energysecurity, citing Iran’s “energy for all or no one” policy and its capacity tocontrol the strategic waterway.

    Across the Gulf, Kuwaitiforces intercepted hostile drones, while an explosion was heard near Al DhafraAir Base in Abu Dhabi. Dubai authorities, however, rejected claims of blasts inthe city after witnesses told Reuters they had heard a loud detonationdowntown.

    تتصدى حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الكويتية لهجمات طائرات مسيّرة معادية، إثر العدوان الإيراني الاثم.تنوه رئاسة الأركان العامة للجيش بأن أصوات الانفجارات، إن سُمعت، فهي نتيجة اعتراض منظومات الدفاع الجوي للهجمات المعادية.ويرجى من الجميع التقيد بتعليمات الأمن والسلامة الصادرة عن… pic.twitter.com/tzsIg8JzVi

    — KUWAIT ARMY - الجيش الكويتي (@KuwaitArmyGHQ) July 16, 2026

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