"Railway Bridge in Northeastern Iran Also Struck by Airstrike"... Is the U.S. Expanding Attacks on Iran?

▲ A view of downtown Tehran, Iran.

While the United States and Iran have been exchanging airstrikes in the southern region over control of the Strait of Hormuz, even after the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end hostilities, damage from an airstrike was reported in the northeastern region on July 9, local time.

Reuters reported on this day, citing local media, that a railway bridge in northeastern Iran had also been damaged by an airstrike.

U.S. broadcaster CNN, citing reports from Iran's state-run IRIB, reported that a railway bridge on the outskirts of Aq Qala in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran, was attacked by the U.S. military.

After Iran repeatedly attacked merchant ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming they had deviated from designated routes, the U.S. had been conducting airstrikes on various Iranian strongholds in the southern region, located in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, for two days starting on July 7 to hold them accountable.

According to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency, several powerful explosions were heard yesterday in the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern central Iran, and in the port city of Sirik, located near the eastern exit of the strait.

Damage was also reported in Chabahar, a port city on the coast of the Gulf of Oman in southeastern Iran.

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)

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