The United States escalated its strikes on Iran for the sixth consecutive night on Friday, as Tehran announced eight people killed in bombings targeting civilian infrastructure, coinciding with attacks on Gulf states, including a power station bombing, marking a new expansion of the conflict.

The US military said on platform X that it attacked from Thursday night to Friday 'dozens of Iranian military targets, including coastal surveillance and air defense sites, military logistics infrastructure, and naval facilities'.

Iran announced that the power grid in the south was damaged by the raids and called on residents to conserve electricity. It also reported that bridges, a port, an airport, and a train station were bombed.

The official news agency IRNA announced eight people killed and 20 wounded in attacks targeting these facilities overnight.

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Infrastructure

The commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, Majid Mousavi, threatened on Friday that Tehran will not stop its attacks in the region until the United States halts its strikes on Iran's southern coast and the Strait of Hormuz, according to AFP.

Majid Mousavi said in a social media post: 'In our calculations, every inch of Iran's land is Iran, so Tehran and the south form one unit,' adding: 'Our effective and precise strikes launched from various parts of Iran against the enemy will continue until calm returns to the southern coast and the Strait of Hormuz.'

US President Donald Trump had threatened during the week to strike bridges and power plants in Iran if no agreement was reached.

In response, state TV quoted an Iranian army spokesman saying: 'If the Americans target infrastructure, then all infrastructure in the region will become legitimate targets for Iran.'

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk had affirmed during the conflict that targeting civilian infrastructure constitutes a war crime.

Energy conservation

Kuwait announced on Friday that one of its power and desalination plants was hit by an Iranian attack, causing a fire and damage, calling on citizens to 'conserve electricity during this exceptional phase.'

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Temperatures reached 48 degrees Celsius in Kuwait and 45 degrees Celsius in southwestern Iran on Friday.

Earlier, the armed forces of Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Qatar said they repelled aerial attacks at dawn on Friday.

In Qatar, a child was injured by shrapnel, while Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed it targeted the US Al Udeid base, asserting it destroyed radar systems and military aircraft there.

Iran's armed forces said they targeted US military sites in Kuwait with explosive drones and bombed US aircraft in Jordan using ballistic missiles and drones, in response to the US overnight bombing.

Tehran had earlier said that US strikes since June 22 had killed 38 people and wounded over 400.

Strait of Hormuz

The war in the Middle East erupted on February 28 following Israeli-American strikes on Iran, and continues to shake the global economy.

The foreign ministers of China and Pakistan on Friday called on the warring parties to resume negotiations within the framework of the memorandum of understanding signed in mid-June, which later collapsed.

Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and lead Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf earlier said that 'the memorandum of understanding gains meaning only when its provisions are in effect and being implemented.'

Islamabad also called for 'a swift return to normal conditions in the Strait of Hormuz,' which Iran closed again at the end of last week. In response, the United States reimposed its blockade on Iranian ports.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that Trump 'remains open to diplomacy at the same time.'

She added that the Iranians 'have told the president that they still want to reach an agreement. We are talking to them, but the president will not allow them to shoot at ships in the strait without consequences.'

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Ship hit

Navigation traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas passed before the war, has declined.

A ship was hit by an 'unidentified projectile' off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).

The attack, which occurred Thursday at a distance of 19 nautical miles from the Omani city of Khasab, resulted in 'minor structural damage,' according to the agency statement, which noted that the crew is 'safe' and the ship 'continues its course to its next destination.'

In contrast, oil prices remained relatively stable despite the developments, with Brent crude trading at around $85 per barrel on Friday.