New American raids in Iran, railway bridges and radars hit. Tehran: "Ready to close Hormuz"

Blow by blow. Action and reaction. United States e Iranin a dramatic back and forth, launched mutual air attacks. Washington and Tehran are competing over strategic matters Strait of Hormuz. This vital oil corridor is a focal point of the Middle East war, with Tehran insisting on control of the strait, despite it being open to free passage before the Israeli-American attacks in February.

After the exchange of fire on Wednesday, the US president Donald Trump he declared that the ceasefire with Iran was “over” but left the door open for further talks and added that any attack would end quickly. US forces said the latest attacks on Iran aimed to “threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz”, citing recent raids on merchant ships. US attacks that caused 14 deaths and 78 injuries in five Iranian provinces, according to Tehran’s Ministry of Health.

Iran’s reactions

The Revolutionary Guards The Iranian forces (IRGC) said they struck US military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait on Thursday, in response to new US attacks. Explosions were heard in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, and Kuwait reported intercepting “hostile missile and drone attacks”.

They then claimed to have hit “key infrastructure and facilities” at US bases in Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait, and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, with missiles and drones. They also warned that their response will extend to other bases in the region should US attacks happen again. “This is retaliation for yesterday’s naval bombing by Iran,” Trump writes in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, “if it happens again, it will be much worse.”

According to several official media, the American strikes hit a railway bridge in northeastern Iran, and the official IRNA news agency reported that a military base in the coastal city of Iran was hit. Bushehrwhich hosts the only civilian nuclear power plant in the country. US Central Command later claimed to have hit around 90 military targets. Earlier, warplanes were heard over the Iranian island of Kish and explosions rocked the port cities of Bandar Abbas, Konarak and Chabahar, some of which were left without electricity, IRNA reported.

The words of Donald Trump

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday evening, Trump said the Iranian side had “called a little while ago” and that he wanted “at all costs to reach a deal.” Trump provided no further details about the phone call, but continued to question the value of any deal, calling the Iranians “a little crazy.”

Tehran’s position on Hormuz

Iran’s chief negotiator said Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz would only be opened under “Iranian agreements.” “The United States has not yet learned that bullying and breaking promises do not go unpunished,” said Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on X. “Let me be clear: if you hit, you will be hit.”

Since Israeli-American attacks sparked the war in February, Tehran has insisted on control of the Strait, saying it would impose tolls for passage and threatening to strike ships that deviate from the authorized route.

The latest attacks come shortly before the funeral of Ali Khamenei, the former Supreme Leader of Iran, killed when the war broke out on February 28. The Iranian military has struck at least three ships in recent days, prompting a broad U.S. offensive against Iranian targets on Tuesday.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged “all parties to exercise maximum restraint,” as did Pakistan, a key mediator in talks between the United States and Iran.