U.S. strikes killed seven Iranian military personnel in the country’s southeast on Wednesday (July 15, 2026), the Iranian Army said, as the two countries ramped up their fighting.
They were killed in a missile attack on a barracks close to the city of Iranshahr, in the far southeast of Iran, the Army said in a statement.
Both Bahrain and Kuwait came under attack early on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) as Iran retaliated over U.S. strikes targeting it and the reimposed blockade.
While U.S. President Donald Trump backtracked on his threat to heavily tax ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, he warned he would expand U.S. strikes on Iran next week to target power plants and bridges if Tehran does not agree to a deal.