Middle East live: US strikes in Iran hit airport, bridges and railway station
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By: FRANCE 24 A damaged railway bridge near Aq Qala that U.S. struck last night, Aq Qala, Golestan Province, Iran, July 9, 2026. © Social Media, via Reuters 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. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Iran said Friday it had targeted US military infrastructure in Kuwait in response to American attacks on the Islamic republic.
Tehran has launched a barrage of strikes against US allies in the Gulf after it accused Washington of targeting an airport, a railway station and two bridges, killing seven people.
Iran said it had deployed drones in Kuwait to target "the deployment sites of US forces and the logistical support centers of the 'terrorist' and 'child-killing' US military", Iranian state TV reported.
Oil prices inched higher on Friday after the US and Iran stepped up attacks across the Gulf, with their broken truce limiting oil flows out of the Strait of Hormuz and with Tehran asking the Houthi movement to
stand ready to shut the Red Sea export route.
Qatar said Friday it had intercepted a missile attack, after AFP journalists in the capital Doha reported hearing several blasts.
"The Ministry of Defense of State of Qatar announces that armed forces intercepted missile attack which targeted State of Qatar," the defence ministry wrote on X.
Several booms were heard in Qatar's capital Doha early on Friday, while a government security alert
was sent to mobile phones, according to a witness.
The cause of the sounds was not immediately clear.
Bahrain and Kuwait faced incoming Iranian fire early Friday as U.S. airstrikes expanded to target more bridges in the Islamic Republic.
Both countries, which host US forces, have faced repeated rounds of fire in recent days as an interim deal to try to end the Iran war has collapsed over fighting sparked by activity in the Strait of Hormuz.
In Iran, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday that at least three people had been killed in US airstrikes targeting bridges in southern Hormozgan province.
The United States intensified its strikes against Iran on Thursday, hitting targets farther north and firing into a ship the US accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated by launching missiles and drones at US allies in the region, and warned its attacks may escalate.
The interim ceasefire agreed to last month has collapsed, and the region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks by the US and Iran as they battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials say US strikes have killed more than 35 people and wounded over 300 others.
For the first time in this latest round of violence, strikes also reached into areas around Iran’s capital, Tehran, showing a widening set of targets for the Americans. The US launched a second wave of strikes late Thursday, saying it was aiming to “further degrade” Iran's military capabilities.
Deadly US strikes overnight hit an airport, a railway station in the port city of Bandar Abbas and two bridges in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said Friday.
"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," Mehr said on Telegram.
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