US Central Command says it has completed its 11th consecutive evening of air strikes against Iran with the aim of further degrading the country\u2019s \u201cability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a statement, CENTCOM said that US forces targeted \u201cIranian military operations centres, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Al Jazeera\u2019s Tohid Asadi, reporting from Tehran, said, \u201cmassive explosions were heard across the Iranian capital\u201d, and that the air-defence system had been activated in various locations in Tehran.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s Tasnim news agency reported explosions being heard in parts of Bushehr, also in southern Iran. Several explosions were also heard around Sirik in southern Iran, according to the Fars news agency reported.<\/p>\n
Areas near the cities of Behbahan and Omidiyeh in Iran\u2019s southwestern Khuzestan province had been targeted in US missile attacks, the province\u2019s deputy governor told Fars news agency.<\/p>\n
Fars reported that US forces had attacked a military site on the outskirts of Tabriz in northwestern Iran. Citing local crisis management officials, the news agency said the strike occurred at around 2:40am local time (23:10 GMT) and hit a military zone near the city. It said there have been no attacks inside the city.<\/p>\n
Attacks on Tabriz and Tehran mark a departure from the general trend of the strikes in the latest round of attacks, which have largely focused on southern Iran and the area around the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Tuesday, the Kuwaiti army said that its air defences were intercepting an Iranian drone attack. Iran has repeatedly attacked Gulf countries, including Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, since the resumption of US attacks this month.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told Congress on Tuesday that the cost of the war on Iran had reached $37.5bn. He said that the Pentagon needed $90bn in additional funding.<\/p>\n
But Hegseth faced considerable pushback from Democrat lawmakers.<\/p>\n
Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia, who is up for re-election later this year, challenged Hegseth\u2019s previosu claim that Iran\u2019s military had been \u201cdestroyed\u201d in light of his demand for more funding.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said he plans to attack a suspected Iranian nuclear site called Pickaxe Mountain \u201cpretty soon, and very heavily\u201d.<\/p>\n
Responding to Trump\u2019s threats, Iran\u2019s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said that there would be an expansion of attacks in the region if the US attacks the country\u2019s nuclear sites.<\/p>\n