Iran said on Wednesday that US strikes on its territory killed 11 people, state media reported, after a fresh attack in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. The deputy governor for Khuzestan Province for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs said that last night’s US missile attack on three locations in the province left seven people dead and eight injured,” Iranian state-run news agency IRNA said. It came after the Iranian Red Crescent said Tuesday that four people including a child were killed and more than 50 people wounded by a US attack at a wedding in southern Sirik county.
The attack follows a separate US strike on a wedding in Sirik, killing 5 people and wounding 50.
The US and Iran found themselves back in a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange in weeks, with Washington threatening even more devastating strikes while Iran protested an attack that it said killed five and wounded dozens of civilians at a wedding.
The US military's Central Command said it completed a wave of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets on Tuesday, including air defence sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine-laying capabilities, and communications sites.
Iranian media reported attacks on multiple targets around the country on Tuesday, many near the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has been threatening oil tankers that dare transit the narrow waterway without authorisation.
Iran in turn said it had struck US targets in Iraq, Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, according to official statements. Iran claimed to have inflicted casualties on US forces in the region but US officials denied the claim
