US strikes in Iran hit airport, bridges, railway station

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Deadly US strikes overnight hit an airport, a railway station and two bridges in Iran, killing three people, AFP reports, citing Iranian state media.

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.

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

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