Three civilians killed in US strike on Iran's southwestern Hormozgan province

Three civilians were killed in a US strike on Hormozgan province in southwestern Iran, Iranian authorities said. The attack was carried out at dawn on Tuesday. The US Army said earlier that it had completed air operations against military targets in several cities along the Iranian coast. In a statement, the army said air defense systems, missile facilities and drone sites in Bushehr, Jask, Kenarak, Abu Musa and Bandar Abbas were struck with precision munitions, and that a full blockade of Iranian ports was being pursued. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said separately that they had targeted the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and US facilities at an air base in Jordan with missiles and drones. Tensions in the region have escalated in recent days, with both sides trading accusations of attacks. No further details were immediately available.