Explosions were reported Friday local time in Khondab, Khorramabad, Taft, Shirkuh, Anarak, Borujerd, and Konarak, according to Iranian state media.
US President Donald Trump said Thursday in a post on Truth Social that Iranian money held and controlled by the United States would be used to pay for damage to ships, cargo, and related assets.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday Persian Gulf states and Jordan must formally deny a CENTCOM claim that they assisted US military operations against Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday accused “compromised individuals” in the US administration of ignoring realities on the ground and focusing only on the 2028 election. Bahrain’s interior ministry said sirens sounded on Friday and urged citizens and residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place. Two people were injured in a US drone strike on the outskirts of the western Iranian city of Khorramabad, the deputy governor of Lorestan province for political and security affairs said on Friday.
The official did not provide further details about the condition of the injured or the target of the strike. Just one oil tanker crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, the lowest daily total since May 7, according to Kpler ship-tracking data, as US strikes on Iran entered a 13th consecutive night and oil prices climbed back to $100 a barrel.
Kpler data showed that only one tanker exited the strait on July 23, down from three the previous day, while no tankers entered the waterway.
The sole crossing was the New Giant, a very large crude carrier carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi Basrah crude, which is due to arrive at China’s Rizhao port in mid-August.
The sharp decline underscores the continued disruption to one of the world’s busiest oil shipping routes despite ongoing US military operations aimed at restoring navigation.
Traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, meanwhile, increased. Kpler recorded 32 commodity tanker crossings on Thursday, up from 26 a day earlier.
Fourteen tankers entered the Red Sea and 18 exited into the Gulf of Aden, including nine crude carriers—two of them Chinese supertankers bound for China.
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യു.എസ് സൈനിക ആക്രമണം ശക്തമായതിന് പിന്നാലെ ഇറാനിലെ വിവിധ നഗരങ്ങളിൽ ശക്തമായ സ്ഫോടനങ്ങൾ നടന്നു. കപ്പലുകൾക്കുണ്ടായ നാശനഷ്ടങ്ങൾ നികത്താൻ ഇറാന്റെ ഫണ്ട് ഉപയോഗിക്കുമെന്ന് ഡൊണാൾഡ് ട്രംപ് മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് നൽകി. സംഘർഷം രൂക്ഷമായതോടെ ഹോർമുസ് കടലിടുക്കിലൂടെയുള്ള കപ്പൽ ഗതാഗതം വൻതോതിൽ കുറയുകയും എണ്ണവില 100 ഡോളറിലേക്ക് ഉയരുകയും ചെയ്തു.
(With inputs from Iranintl)
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