Iranian armed forces launched attacks on U.S. military infrastructure in Gulf states today following U.S. strikes on Iran’s southern coastal and eastern provinces, further endangering a three-week-old ceasefire.
Iranian media later reported explosions across southern Iran, including Bushehr, where one of the country’s nuclear plants is located, along with Konarak, Choghadak and Bandar Abbas, Reuters reported.
A U.S. official said there had been no American strikes in recent hours.
The attacks came as Iran buried its slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a shrine in Mashhad, culminating a week of funeral processions and rallies.
Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on the first day of the war on February 28, as part of a U.S.-Israeli assault against Iran that triggered a months-long conflict killing thousands and choking worldwide energy supplies.
Attacks on Qatari and Saudi shipping vessels earlier this week undermined the ceasefire, with U.S. President Donald Trump declaring the truce “over.”
Washington was still committed to finding a resolution with Iran and “technical talks continue”, according to a second U.S. official, Reuters reported.
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