LONDON: Projectiles struck Iran’s Gulf island of Qeshm on Tuesday, Iranian state media reported, as fighting between the United States and Iran continued to spread across the region.
Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB, citing local officials, said a site on the island was hit by what authorities described as “projectiles from the American enemy” at about 7 p.m. local time.
The state-linked Fars news agency reported that several explosions were heard on Qeshm, adding that the island’s Messn area had come under repeated attack in recent days.
The latest strike followed a fresh wave of US attacks on Iranian targets, including in the southern port cities of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas. The US military said the strikes were aimed at degrading Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Gulf.
The renewed military campaign came after President Donald Trump pledged to reimpose a naval blockade on Iran, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory attacks against targets in several US-allied Gulf states.
