The US military carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, shooting down four Iranian drones and targeting a control centre in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, even as Washington and Tehran continued negotiations aimed at ending their three-month conflict.
Iran activated its air defence systems after explosions were reported east of the city. The latest escalation also witnessed an exchange of fire in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s IRGC navy allegedly fired on a US tanker, prompting retaliatory strikes by the US near Bandar Abbas.