Iran launched retaliatory operations against US military targets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait after fresh American strikes on many areas of southern Hormozgan province.

Shortly after the US military launched a fresh act of aggression against Iran early on Thursday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy warned that any vessel approaching the strategic waterway would face decisive action.

Iran's highest operational command unit orders closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz shortly after the launch of fresh American military aggression.

Iran denounces the United States for committing a "calculated war crime" by deliberately targeting civilian water infrastructure in the southern province of Hormozgan.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warns the United States that its most recent spate of attacks on southern Iranian areas "will not go unanswered."

The IRGC says it carried out a retaliatory strike against an air base used by the US for an attack on a telecom tower in southern Iran.

IRGC bomb disposal teams discover 15 heavy US missiles in Iran’s southern province of Hormuzgan.