On Friday, American forces struck bridges, power installations and a vital port in Iran, broadening their air operations and triggering immediate Iranian responses aimed at US partners in the region.

US aircraft bombed bridges across southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian state media confirmed at least seven fatalities. Those spans served as critical links to Bandar Abbas, the country primary maritime hub. Additional strikes toppled a communications tower at Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman while also hitting electricity substations and Iranshahr airport.

Iran energy ministry urged households to limit electricity and air-conditioning consumption after grid capacity fell sharply from the attacks on generation facilities. Officials noted that southern provinces already faced extreme heat combined with infrastructure damage as temperatures climbed.

Human rights specialists warned that strikes on non-military civilian sites may amount to violations of international law.

By Friday morning the health ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour reported at least 38 deaths and more than 400 injuries inside Iran from the ongoing US campaign.

The latest wave follows President Trump pledge to widen operations to include infrastructure and power plants. He reportedly convened agency leaders this week to plan intensified air action intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Fighting has now lasted seven days and further eroded the temporary accord between Washington and Tehran that sought to maintain open transit while talks continued. Iran has closed the strait while the United States reinstated its port blockade on Wednesday.

Following the Friday strikes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that nations hosting US bases would face severe consequences if attacks on civilian facilities persisted.

The statement declared that crossing red lines by striking civilians and their infrastructure would exact a heavy toll on both the United States and its regional hosts.

Iranian forces retaliated by hitting targets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Oman and Qatar. Qatar, previously spared, reported that falling debris from intercepted missiles injured a child. Kuwaiti officials confirmed damage to a power and desalination plant that supplies most of the country drinking water and said repairs were underway.

Strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan killed eight members of Kurdish opposition factions, which the groups attributed to Iran. Tehran also claimed an attack on the al-Tanf base in Syria, a claim denied by Syrian authorities.

Combat has centered on the Strait of Hormuz, once carrying roughly one-fifth of global oil and gas shipments. The recent memorandum between the two sides called for open passage, yet each interpreted transit rules differently.

Washington and Tehran promoted rival shipping lanes, with Iran firing on vessels using the American route. Traffic has fallen sharply, and most remaining ships have followed the Iranian corridor.

A tanker on the Oman-side route suffered minor damage from an attack on Friday, according to British military sources, though no crew members were injured and Iran denied involvement.

US forces boarded the M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday to enforce the renewed blockade that began earlier in the week, Central Command stated. Three other vessels attempting to breach the blockade were redirected, and one unladen tanker was disabled by aircraft fire the previous day.

Iran reportedly asked Houthi allies in Yemen to prepare to close the Red Sea oil route should US strikes extend to Iranian energy assets, a move that could severely disrupt global supplies.

Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi separately warned that Saudi oil installations and other strategic sites could face attack if Riyadh became involved in Yemen, following Saudi strikes on Sanaa airport and subsequent Houthi missile responses.

Weekly cargo transits through the strait dropped nearly 25 percent early in the month, Lloyd List Intelligence data showed, even before the latest escalation. Some shippers now sail with tracking systems disabled while others remain in port, and pipeline volumes have risen but remain insufficient to offset lost maritime capacity.

Pakistan foreign ministry said diplomatic efforts to return both sides to talks continue yet face growing obstacles.

Despite the turmoil, President Trump asserted that operations were succeeding. He told the American public that the United States was winning decisively in Iran and that results would soon become evident.