The United States military has executed a seventh consecutive night of airstrikes across Iran, marking a severe escalation in the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz following the collapse of last month’s interim ceasefire. Fighter aircraft, drones, and warships targeted military logistics infrastructure, coastal surveillance, and air defense sites. The strikes concentrated heavily on southern coastal areas including Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Jask, and Qeshm Island. In the southern province of Hormozgan, Iranian officials confirmed at least three people died and eight others sustained injuries after ordnance struck regional bridges and roads.
The tactical footprint of the U.S. campaign is now moving deeper into Iranian territory. Military operations expanded inland to the central city of Yazd as the U.S. attempts to degrade maritime capabilities and enforce its ongoing naval blockade. The sustained bombardment has severely restricted commercial transit, with shipping traffic dropping to a three-week low as only eight vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.
In direct retaliation, Iranian military units and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched coordinated drone and missile attacks against U.S. military assets stationed across the region. The retaliatory fire targeted the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, Al Ahmadi Port in Kuwait, and the Al-Azraq base in Jordan.
This exchange of fire definitively ends the preliminary peace agreement signed just four weeks ago. The wider war initially broke out in late February 2026 as Tehran established a chokehold on the vital international shipping lane. Both nations have now resumed full hostilities, completely abandoning the temporary diplomatic framework.