US strikes in Iran hit airport, bridges and railway station, killing 3

Deadly US strikes overnight hit an airport, a railway station and two bridges in Iran, killing three people, Iranian state media reported on Friday.

The United States and Iran have traded fire as the foes battle over the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway in the renewed Middle East war.

A US strike on two bridges in Hormozgan province killed three people and wounded nine, state TV wrote on Telegram, updating an earlier toll.

"Three explosions were heard around the airport and at least one American enemy projectile hit Iranshahr airport," in the southeast, state television IRIB said on Telegram.

"A few minutes ago, the Bandar Abbas Railway Junction Station was targeted by the American enemy. According to this report, two Iranians were injured in the attack," the Mehr news agency said on Telegram.

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Another US attack wounded one person in the western port city of Bushehr, Iranian state media posted on Telegram.

Separately, Iran’s Mehr news agency reports that a US missile strike has hit the Chabahar maritime control tower, as per Al Jazeera.

The attack marks the third time a US strike has hit the facility over the past week, it added.

Iran's IRGC say they targeted US command centre in Syria, Tasnim reports

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked a US special operations command centre at al-Tanf in Syria in retaliation for the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr, Tasnim news agency reported.

Reuters could not independently verify the claim.

The Guards also said Iran retained full control of the Strait of Hormuz and that no oil or gas would be exported through the waterway for as long as US attacks continued.

JD Vance: Claims Kushner, Witkoff benefited financially as Iran negotiators ‘completely bogus’

US Vice President JD Vance denied reports that top White House advisers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff attempted to benefit financially from their roles as Iran negotiators.

This is completely bogus. I never received a message like this.

If I had, I would have said: Jared and Steve are trusted members of the president's team and very dear friends. No one has done more than the two of them to work towards peace and prosperity in the region. The idea… https://t.co/3UMa1dtgxF

— JD Vance (@JDVance) July 16, 2026

“This is completely bogus”, Vance said in a post on X, describing Kushner and Witkoff as “trusted members of the president’s team”.

“The idea they’re trading on insider information is absurd,” said Vance, responding to a different X post from The Hormuz Letter.

The post came after Drop Site News reported on Thursday that Iran had written to Vance during negotiations in Switzerland to say Kushner and Witkoff were “abusing” their access as negotiators.

Read more: 'They better behave,' Trump warns Iran amid fresh hostilities

“I never received a message like this,” Vance said, adding that “no one has done more than the two of them [Kushner and Witkoff] to work towards peace and prosperity in the region”.

The US vice president’s remarks came hours after he accused some members of Israel’s government of trying to “derail” US efforts to end the war through a “foreign influence campaign”.

US completes 6th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, CENTCOM says

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday that it completed a new wave of offensive strikes against Iran, marking the sixth consecutive night of US military operations targeting Iranian military assets.

"Today at 9:40pm ET (6:40am PKT), US Central Command (CENTCOM) completed its latest major wave of strikes against Iran," it said in a statement.

According to the command, the strikes targeted coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure and maritime capabilities.

https://t.co/WELRnHKhtf

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 17, 2026

"At the Commander in Chief's direction, CENTCOM is further degrading Iranian military capabilities and holding Iran accountable for recent attacks on commercial shipping," it said.

CENTCOM added that more than 50,000 US service members are currently operating across the Middle East and remain "vigilant, lethal, and ready."

Tensions between the US and Iran have recently escalated regarding the Strait of Hormuz, with the two sides exchanging attacks despite a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict and reaching a lasting peace agreement.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said earlier that the reason for recent US strikes is "because Iran violated the memorandum of understanding that we struck with them."

"Specifically, in the memorandum of understanding that they signed, they were not to fire on commercial vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz, and unfortunately, they have made the tragic decision for them to do that," she said.

The US announced Tuesday that it resumed a naval blockade against vessels transiting to or from Iranian ports and coastal areas.

CENTCOM said American forces redirected three commercial vessels trying to run the blockade, disabled one that did not comply, and boarded one to ensure full compliance with the blockade.

Addressing the nation Thursday night, President Donald Trump said the US is "winning big in Iran."

"We are winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly," Trump said

Iran accused the US on Thursday of committing “war crimes” by targeting civilian infrastructure in attacks, saying the strikes violated international law and the UN Charter.