US announces attacks early on Thursday, as experts say strikes carried out by both sides in previous day increase risk of return to all-out war
The US military has hit the south-western Iranian city of Abadan as well as Qeshm Island, Iranian media is saying, citing regional authorities.
The US attacked “a point near Qeshm” at 4am local time (0030 GMT), the deputy governor of the southern Hormozgan province said, according to the Mehr news agency.