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News- Washington/Tehran
The
United States and Iran exchanged fresh strikes for a seventh consecutive night,
with Washington targeting Iranian military infrastructure while Tehran claimed
retaliatory attacks on US forces and facilities in Kuwait.
The US
Central Command (CENTCOM) stated that American forces hit Iranian surveillance
sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage
facilities, and other maritime capabilities.
“More
than 50,000 American service members are operating across the Middle East and
remain vigilant, lethal, and ready,” CENTCOM added.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 18, 2026
In Iran,
the semi-official Tasnim News Agency disclosed that five explosions were heard
on the outskirts of the city of Yazd, without identifying the locations targeted
or providing details on the extent of the damage.
In the
southwestern province of Khuzestan, Deputy Governor for Security and Law
Enforcement Valiollah Hayati indicated that areas surrounding the city of Ahvaz
came under US fire. The strikes also reached the southern province of Fars,
where attacks were reported in the cities of Lar and Darab. No preliminary
information on casualties was immediately available.
Iran’s
official news agency IRNA previously noted that US airstrikes between June
22 and July 16 killed 38 people and wounded about 400 others.
Iran,
meanwhile, retaliated by targeting US forces across the Gulf. The Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed striking a concentration of US troops
at the Arifjan Ground Forces Support Center in Kuwait, killing an unspecified
number of American personnel.
🔴 IRGC announced that it targeted a gathering of US troops at the Arifjan Ground Forces Support Center in Kuwait , killing a number of them in the eighteenth wave of Operation Nasr 2. pic.twitter.com/uWByxigRqR
— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) July 18, 2026
The IRGC
also asserted that an Iranian drone destroyed a radar system at the US Ali Al
Salem Air Base in Kuwait, while another attack destroyed a weapons maintenance
hangar and a drone shelter at the base.