Seven people were killed in US attacks targeting bridges in the coastal city of Bandar Khamir in southern Iran, while Iranian media reported hearing three explosions in the city of Chabahar in the southeast of the country, in the latest episodes of military escalation between Washington and Tehran.

According to Reuters, citing the official Iranian news agency IRNA, the US strikes on bridges in Bandar Khamir resulted in the deaths of seven people, based on data issued by Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.

In a separate development, Iranian media reported that three explosions were heard in the city of Chabahar, without immediately announcing the nature of the targets or the extent of the resulting casualties.

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