The United States is attacking Iran for a sixth consecutive night, with strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in the country\u2019s south, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n
Iranian media reported seven deaths amid explosions and attacks in Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Iranshahr and Bandar-e Khamir.<\/p>\n
US Central Command said the latest<\/a> assaults began at 18:00 GMT on Thursday, describing the operation as an effort \u201cto further degrade Iranian military capabilities\u201d.<\/p>\n Casualties were feared in the Bandar Abbas and Bandar-e Khamir areas, where earlier reports had described attacks on trans port infrastructure, including the Kehvarstan Bridge and a railway station.<\/p>\n The battles come days after US President Donald Trump threatened to potentially hit Iranian infrastructure<\/a> \u2013 is the latest sign of peril for an interim US-Iran deal the two signed last month. Both sides have since accused the other of violating the memorandum of understanding (MoU) amid a week of spiralling hostilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n The US military also said forces under Central Command had redirected three commercial vessels attempting to bypass its blockade of Iran in the Gulf of Oman, disabling one vessel that failed to comply and boarding another.<\/p>\n Al Jazeera\u2019s Aksel Zaimovic, reporting from Doha, Qatar, said Gulf states are strengthening their air defences and military preparedness around crucial infrastructure \u201cin this time of uncertainty\u201d.<\/p>\n \u2018Time of uncertainty\u2019<\/p>\n