Several areas in Sirik, southern Iran, were hit by projectiles on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported.<\/p>\n
Further details regarding the strikes, including the extent of the damage or potential casualties, were not immediately available.<\/p>\n
Sirik was previously among several areas targeted during a wave of US strikes<\/a> on southern Iran earlier in September.<\/p>\n US Central Command (CENTCOM) said at the time it carried out strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets, including air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine-laying capabilities, and communications sites.<\/p>\n Iranian state media reported explosions in Sirik, Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, and Aghajari during the strikes.<\/p>\n A September 1 strike in Kuhestak, in Sirik County, hit a wedding celebration, killing four people and injuring at least 68 others. Weapons experts who reviewed images and video of the scene later told Reuters that the explosion likely resulted from a direct hit by a US munition.<\/p>\n US strikes have targeted Iranian capabilities used to surveil the Strait of Hormuz and threaten vessels traveling through the waterway.<\/p>\n The Institute for the Study of War assessed last week that US strikes had significantly degraded Iran’s ability to surveil the strait and lay mines in the waterway.<\/p>\n CENTCOM previously said US forces had cleared naval mines from the strait, while CENTCOM<\/a> commander Adm. Brad Cooper said US forces had cleared an effective pathway for ships to leave the Persian Gulf and that Iran’s mines had been “highly degraded.”<\/p>\n ISW assessed that Iran would likely continue attempting to rebuild its maritime surveillance and mine-laying capabilities.<\/p>\n The IRGC claimed on Wednesday that it attacked two US vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in response to what it called a US attack on five Iranian tankers, Iranian state media reported.<\/p>\n