A series of explosions were heard across south of Iran, including near the Bushehr nuclear facility, on Thursday (July 9), according to Iranian media reports. The United States, however, has denied involvement in strikes on Iran. Tehran too has not blamed any country for the attack.<\/p>\n
Follow LIVE Updates On US-Iran<\/a><\/p>\n Quoting Iranian state media, the news agency AFP reported that a US-Israeli projectile hit a military headquarters on the outskirts of Bushehr, home to Tehran’s only civilian nuclear plant.<\/p>\n “Several areas in Bushehr province were targeted today, including the perimeter of the nuclear power plant, a military base in the town of Choghadak and a fishing pier in the south of the province,” Ehsan Jahanian, Deputy Governor of Bushehr province said.<\/p>\n No deaths have been reported, the official said.<\/p>\n Three more explosions were heard in the southern city of Konarak, Iran’s Mehr News Agency reported.<\/p>\n A US official told Al Jazeera<\/a> that Washington’s military was not behind the latest attack.<\/p>\n Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz on Thursday threatened to resume military campaign<\/a> against Iran “with even greater force.”<\/p>\n “The army is ready and on alert for a resumption of fighting, in order to regain air superiority and strike again… in Iran, to eliminate threats, including a third time if necessary,” Katz said at a military ceremony.<\/p>\n “If we have to go back, we will go back, with even greater force,” he added.<\/p>\n The news of fresh attacks came hours after Iran’s late Supreme Leader\u00a0Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried<\/a> in the country’s holiest shrine of Imam Reza early on Friday.<\/p>\n Also Read |\u00a0How Israel Used ‘Kill-Plot’ Intel To Convince Trump To Attack Iran Again<\/a><\/p>\n Trump Threatens To End Iran Ceasefire<\/p>\n The United States on Tuesday launched a “series of powerful strikes<\/a>” against Iran in response to Tehran’s attack on three commercial ships while passing through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n US Central Command announced the strikes in a post on X, saying the action was taken to “impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping.”<\/p>\n “The US strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s demonstrated aggression was unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire,” the statement read.<\/p>\n U.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway. The U.S. strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n