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UnitedStates and Iranian forces exchanged strikes for a sixth consecutive night, withthe US Central Command (CENTCOM) reporting fresh attacks on Iranian militarytargets and Iran saying it struck American forces across the Gulf.
CENTCOMsaid its strikes hit dozens of coastal surveillance, air defense and navalsites, part of an effort to “degrade Iranian military capabilities.”
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— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 17, 2026Thesemi-official Fars News Agency put the death toll from strikes on bridges atBandar Khamir, in Hormozgan province, at seven, and said a naval watchtower inChabahar, in Sistan-Baluchestan province, was struck for the third time in aweek. Iranian media reported further explosions in Bushehr, Bandar Lengeh andChabahar.
InBushehr, provincial officials told local media that a US strike hit two areasof the city and wounded one person, the second such attack within hours. Aseparate official told Tasnim News Agency that a district in the southern cityof Dashti was targeted without casualties.
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— Press TV ? (@PressTV) July 17, 2026According to the Iranian energy and electricity ministries, the attacks on Bandar Abbasdamaged power transmission lines and cut electricity to several areas, whilestate television reported an outage at Iranshahr airport, inSistan-Baluchestan, with no casualties.
Iran,in turn, said it hit US forces in several Gulf states. The IslamicRevolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted military equipment at a US base inKuwait, a US operations center at al-Tanf, near the Iraqi and Jordanianborders, and a naval surveillance radar at the Salamah Rocks and a US aerialsurveillance radar stationed in the Jazirat Umm al Ghanam in Oman's Musandampeninsula (Ruus al-Jibal).
TheIranian Army said it struck US sites in Kuwait and Bahrain with drones.
In response to the mischief of the child-killing US military, the IRGC Aerospace Forces, in the eleventh wave of Operation Nasr 2, carried out a surprise attack on the enemy's special operations command center in the Al-Tanf area of Syria. pic.twitter.com/TCW8O7kMOK
— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) July 17, 2026Gulfgovernments reported intercepting the incoming fire.
TheIRGC said its forces remained in control of the Strait of Hormuz and warnedthat “no oil or gas would leave the region for as long as American strikescontinued.”
CENTCOMsaid it would keep targeting the Iranian military capabilities it blames forthe threat to Gulf shipping, warning that more than 50,000 US service membersare operating across the Middle East and remain ready for any confrontation.
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