West Asia war: One killed, four injured in Iran after fresh US strikes

One person was killed and four others were injured in strikes by the United States’ military in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province on Monday, reported the Anadolu Agency.

The strikes hit an agricultural water pumping station, killing its security guard, Khuzestan Deputy Governor Valiollah Hayati was quoted as saying.

On Sunday, an employee of a telecommunications company was killed and two others were injured in US attacks on the southern province of Hormozgan, AFP quoted Iranian state media as reporting.

Overnight strikes had also killed an Iranian Navy lieutenant in the port of Jask in southern Iran.

The latest attacks came after tensions between the US and Iran, which had eased following an interim ceasefire last month, flared up again on Wednesday. Washington initiated strikes on Iran in response to Tehran’s alleged attacks a day earlier on three liquefied natural gas and crude oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

On June 15, the US and Iran arrived at an interim agreement to stop the fighting and reopen the strait for commercial vessels. They also held talks in Switzerland aimed at reaching a final peace deal within two months.

However, on Thursday, the US military launched fresh attacks on Iran hours after President Donald Trump said that the ceasefire was “over”. Iran retaliated by striking sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.

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