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US military strikes near the city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran have killed at least four people and wounded five others, according to Khuzestan Province's governor, as reported by TASS. The strikes are part of a recent escalation in the US-Iran conflict that began on July 8.
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TASS, the Russian state news agency, has reported on the strikes through multiple dispatches, each citing different local Iranian sources. One report, citing Khuzestan Province's governor Mohammad Reza Mavalizadeh, put the death toll at four with five injured near Ahvaz. Another report, citing local authorities via the Tasnim news agency, said at least three people were killed and eight injured in strikes on several areas in Hormozgan Province.
A separate TASS report, based on a statement by the deputy governor of Khuzestan Province as carried by the Mehr news agency, said facilities near the city of Omidiyeh were damaged and at least four people were injured. Another dispatch quoted the governor of Khuzestan Province, Mohammad Reza Mollazadeh, saying that two student dormitories in Ahvaz were damaged and that some students were relocated or given assistance.
The casualty figures vary among the reports, reflecting the different locations and timing of the strikes. The reports all attribute the strikes to US forces and describe them as occurring in the southwestern and southern regions of Iran.
Key Claims
- At least four people were killed and five injured in US strikes near Ahvaz, according to Khuzestan Province's governor Mohammad Reza Mavalizadeh, as reported by TASS.
- At least three people were killed and eight injured in US strikes on Hormozgan Province, according to local authorities cited by Tasnim and reported by TASS.
- Facilities near Omidiyeh were damaged and at least four people injured, according to a statement by the deputy governor of Khuzestan Province as reported by Mehr and cited by TASS.
- Two student dormitories in Ahvaz were damaged, with some students relocated and others receiving assistance, according to Governor Mohammad Reza Mollazadeh as quoted by YJC and reported by TASS.
- The US strikes are part of an escalation that began on July 8, when the US carried out multiple series of strikes on Iran, claiming retaliation for an attack on a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire with Iran was over, and Tehran responded by striking US facilities across the Middle East, including in Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. The US renewed its naval blockade of Iran on July 14.