Headlines- For the sixth night in a row, the US military strikes Iran, and Iranian media reports explosions in areas including Bandar Abbas, Ahvaz, and Iranshahr.
- Two persons injured in a US attack on the Bandar Abbas railway junction station, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Thursday that it would not "allow" the United States to cause instability in the region.
- In a post to X on Thursday, the headquarters of the Kuwait Armed Forces stated that the Gulf country's air defenses were once more "confronting attacks by hostile drones" that were launched from Iran.
- Eight more Iranian missiles were intercepted by Jordan's military early on Thursday morning, according to the official Jordan News Agency.
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