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US strikes in Iran hit airport, bridges and railway station
AFP, Tehran
Published: 17 Jul 2026, 09:38 AM
This screen grab taken from video footage released on 16 July, 2026 by Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)'s Sepah News website shows a missile being launched from an undisclosed location towards US targets in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain. Photo: AFP
Deadly US strikes overnight hit an airport, a railway station and two bridges in Iran, killing three people, Iranian state media reported on Friday.
The United States and Iran have traded fire as the foes battle over the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway in the renewed Middle East war.
A US strike on two bridges in Hormozgan province killed three people and wounded nine, state TV wrote on Telegram, updating an earlier toll.
"Three explosions were heard around the airport and at least one American enemy projectile hit Iranshahr airport," in the southeast, state television IRIB said on Telegram.
"A few minutes ago, the Bandar Abbas Railway Junction Station was targeted by the American enemy. According to this report, two Iranians were injured in the attack," the Mehr news agency said on Telegram.
Another US attack wounded one person in the western port city of Bushehr, Iranian state media posted on Telegram.