Key events7m ago38 people killed in Iran in US attacks since ceasefire, says Tehran health ministry14m agoOpening summary38 people killed in Iran in US attacks since ceasefire, says Tehran health ministryThe Iranian health ministry said 38 people have been killed in Iran in recent US attacks, with more than 400 others injured.Reporting the figures on X, Hossein Kermanpour, head of public relations for Iran’s ministry of health, said 22 women and nine children were among the injured.Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that last night’s US strikes on infrastructure killed eight people and wounded 20 others. IRNA’s report says six bridges were targeted in the southern province of Hormozgan, which borders the strait of Hormuz.The interim ceasefire that was agreed last month fell apart on 8 July, with both sides engaged in back-and-forth attacks as they battle for control of the strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively shut to shipping traffic.American forces boarded a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday as part of the renewed blockade of Iran’s ports that began earlier this week, the US military said.US Marines boarded the M/T Wen Yao “to ensure full compliance with the ongoing US naval blockade,” US Central Command (Centcom) said in a post on X.Centcom also said it had “redirected” three commercial vessels “trying to run the blockade” since it took effect at 8pm GMT on Tuesday. The previous day, a US aircraft fired on and disabled an unladen oil tanker that tried to break the blockade.The boarding of the vessel came as the US expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran with attacks on multiple bridges, in line with Donald Trump’s threats to destroy infrastructure, prompting Tehran to fire on Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.Read more:Here are some pictures on the newswires purportedly showing the damage to a bridge in Iran after a US attack:A light shines on a damaged vehicle and a collapsed portion of a bridge in the aftermath of a strike, in Bandar Khamir, Hormozgan province, Iran in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. Photograph: Social Media/ReutersA fire burns on the damaged bridge. Photograph: Social Media/ReutersA man looks at a damaged vehicle in the vicinity of the bridge. Photograph: Social Media/ReutersOpening summaryWelcome to our live coverage of the latest in the continuing Middle East crisis.US strikes on Iran overnight hit an airport, a railway station and two bridges, according to Iranian state media on Friday, while American forces boarded a ship as they enforced a renewed blockade of Iranian ports.Three blasts were heard around Iranshahr airport in the south-east and at least one US projectile hit. Bandar Abbas station in the southern port city was also targeted and an Iranian official report spoke of airstrikes on two bridges in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province that left seven people dead, according to state and semi-official media.The attacks came as the US and Iran exchanged intensifying fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has largely ⁠unravelled last month’s truce, while Tehran disputed Donald Trump’s claim that it had released a detained US citizen.A fire burns on a damaged bridge in the aftermath of a strike in Bandar Khamir in Iran’s Hormozgan province on Thursday. Photograph: Social media/ReutersMeanwhile, American forces boarded a ship, the M/T Wen Yao, in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday to ensure “full compliance” with the renewed blockade of Iran’s ports that began earlier this week, the US military’s Central Command (Centcom) said on X. A day before, US aircraft fired on and disabled an unladen oil tanker that tried to breach the blockade, it said.In other developments: