Seven Iranian army personnel were killed and several others wounded in what the military described as the first direct US attack on the Iranian army since the current conflict began, after a missile strike hit a barracks in southeastern Iran early on Wednesday.
State broadcaster IRIB reported that the US military fired 13 missiles at a residential area and accommodation facility at a barracks of the Iranian army's ground forces in the city of Bampur, in Sistan and Baluchestan province.
The Iranian army said seven members of the 388th Brigade were killed in the attack, while several others were wounded and are receiving medical treatment.
The military condemned the strike and vowed a "decisive response" to what it described as "US aggression."
Previous rounds of Israeli strikes that began on June 13 and the joint US-Israeli attacks on February 28 did not directly target Iranian army or Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facilities.
Iran says more than 30 civilians killed in recent attacks on south
Meanwhile, more than 30 civilians have been killed in recent attacks on southern Iran, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Wednesday.
"In the recent attacks on the southern part of the country, more than 30 civilians lost their lives," Mohajerani said in a post on X.
She did not specify where the attacks took place or provide further details about the casualties.
Separately, US strikes targeted three locations in the southwestern Iranian city of Bushehr on Wednesday morning, with no injuries reported, the province's governor said, according to Fars News Agency.
Drone crashes at Iraq's Al-Faw Port, causing no damage
A drone crashed on Wednesday at Al-Faw Port in southern Iraq without causing damage, according to the Iraqi News Agency.
Authorities in Basra province said no casualties or material losses were recorded following the incident.
No further details were immediately available on the drone's origin or the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Iran ports authority says US projectile hit Chabahar maritime traffic centre
The maritime traffic control centre at Chabahar Port, southeastern Iran, was hit by US projectiles during overnight attacks, damaging its structure, the Ports and Maritime Affairs authority in Sistan and Baluchestan said on Wednesday.
The authority’s public relations department said in a statement that the port’s maritime traffic control centre was struck following US attacks on Chabahar Port.
The maritime watchtower is a civilian facility mainly used for search and rescue operations for fishermen at sea, as well as for securing maritime trade, it said.
No casualties were immediately reported in the statement.
This development came after Fars News Agency had earlier reported, citing a provincial official, that a wheat storage silo and another site in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province were hit by US projectiles overnight.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said strikes on Iran would continue and intensify in the coming days, warning that the US would begin targeting the country's power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran returned to the negotiating table.
Tensions between the US and Iran have escalated in recent days over the Strait of Hormuz, with the two sides exchanging attacks despite a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict and reaching a lasting peace agreement.
Iran has also sent a letter to the UN accusing the US of violating the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
