CENTCOM Confirms ~90 Targets Struck; Iran Says 14 Killed Across Five Provinces
U.S. Central Command says it hit around 90 Iranian military targets in the latest wave as Iran's Health Ministry reports at least 14 killed and 78 wounded across five provinces.
Developing story — this page will be updated as information becomes available.
U.S. Central Command said its forces completed the latest wave of attacks against Iran, hitting around 90 Iranian military targets, Middle East Eye reported. Iran’s Health Ministry said Wednesday’s strikes across five provinces killed at least 14 people and wounded 78, Middle East Eye reported separately.
What We Know
CENTCOM’s statement is the first official U.S. accounting of the operational scale of the current wave, putting the target count at roughly 90. The command described the targets as Iranian military infrastructure without publishing a site-by-site list. President Donald Trump said the latest strikes were carried out in retaliation for Iranian attacks on commercial vessels, Middle East Eye reported. “This is in retribution,” Trump said, referring to Iran’s bombing of ships a day earlier.
The Iranian Health Ministry’s tally of 14 killed and 78 wounded spans five provinces struck on Wednesday. The figure exceeds the earlier confirmed death toll of eight Iranian armed forces members reported after the second wave. It is the first casualty count from Tehran that combines fatalities and wounded across the multi-province operation.
Iran’s Tehran-Mashhad railway service was suspended following the U.S. strikes, Middle East Eye reported citing state media, indicating that damage or precautionary shutdowns are now affecting civilian transport in the country’s northeast.
What We Don’t Know
CENTCOM has not released the target list underlying its 90-target figure, so the breakdown between coastal missile sites, air defense nodes, airfields, and command infrastructure is not yet public. The Health Ministry’s provincial breakdown of the 14 dead and 78 wounded has not been detailed, and it is not clear whether the toll includes the firefighter killed at Iranshahr airport reported earlier Thursday. Iran has not disclosed how long the Tehran-Mashhad rail suspension will last or which segment sustained damage. This is a developing story.
Context
The CENTCOM confirmation and the Iranian casualty figures come after three confirmed U.S. strike waves in under 48 hours. The first, on Wednesday morning, hit anti-ship missile sites and coastal surveillance at Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and Qeshm Island, covered in U.S. Confirms Strikes on Iranian Missile Sites After Hormuz Attacks. A second wave late Wednesday killed eight Iranian armed forces members, as reported in U.S. Launches Fresh Wave of Strikes on Iran; Eight Reported Killed. Thursday’s overnight strikes hit Iranshahr airport and Chabahar port, covered in U.S. Strikes Hit Iranshahr Airport, Chabahar Port; Firefighter Killed.
The escalation follows Trump’s declaration Wednesday that the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding was “over” after Iranian attacks on Gulf targets, covered in Trump Says Iran Ceasefire ‘Over’ After Attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait. A ~90-target CENTCOM operation and a double-digit civilian-inclusive death toll place the campaign well beyond a punitive one-off exchange.
What to Watch
- CENTCOM target list — Whether U.S. Central Command releases a site-by-site breakdown of the ~90 targets, and whether the list confirms Iranshahr airport and Chabahar port as sanctioned military objectives.
- Iranian casualty updates — Whether the Health Ministry raises the 14-killed / 78-wounded figure as provincial reporting catches up, and whether IRGC personnel are separately accounted for.
- Iranian retaliation posture — Whether Tehran’s response escalates beyond Wednesday’s strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait now that an official U.S. tally of ~90 targets is on the record.
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