At Least 14 Dead and 78 Wounded in US Attack on Iran

JAKARTA - The United States' attacks on five Iranian provinces over the past two days killed at least 14 people and injured 78 others, Iran's Health Ministry said on Thursday.

"The United States targeted five Iranian provinces with attacks on July 8 and 9," Hossein Kermanpour, head of the ministry's Public Relations and Information Center, wrote in a post on the social media X, Anadolu (9/7) reported.

He said the attack had so far resulted in 14 deaths and 78 injuries.

According to the ministry, 47 of the injured are still being treated in hospitals, while the other victims have been sent home after receiving medical treatment.

Three people were killed in the attack near the city of Ahvaz in the southwest, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA, citing Valiollah Hayati, the deputy governor of Khuzestan Province for security affairs.

The latest death toll comes amid renewed hostilities between the US and Iran after the collapse of a fragile ceasefire reached last month.

This week's latest escalation began after the US accused Iran of attacking three merchant vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Washington to launch a series of attacks on Iranian military targets along Iran's southern coast.

US Central Command (US CENTCOM) said the operation targeted more than 170 military sites over two days, including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone infrastructure, naval capabilities, and facilities belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), saying the attacks were intended to prevent further attacks on international shipping.

Iran has responded with drone and missile attacks targeting what it calls US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait.

It is known that Iran and the US reached a memorandum of understanding mediated by Pakistan on June 18 aimed at ending their military conflict and paving the way for a lasting peace agreement.

However, on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump declared the memorandum of understanding "over," effectively ending the agreement and triggering a new round of military confrontation.