US, Israeli strikes hit Iran port city near Hormuz strait: state media

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman's Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (Reuters/Stringer/File Photo)
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Updated 29 March 2026
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US, Israeli strikes hit Iran port city near Hormuz strait: state media

  • Five people dead, four others injured as two vessels also destroyed: state media

TEHRAN: US-Israeli strikes on Sunday hit a quay at an Iranian port city near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing five people, Iranian state media reported.

“The American-Zionist enemy carried out a criminal attack at the quay of Bandar Khamir, killing five people and injuring four others,” the official IRNA news agency reported. Two vessels were also destroyed, according to state media.

A series of loud explosions was heard Sunday across the Iranian capital. The blasts were heard in northern Tehran and smoke was seen rising from impacted areas.

 It was not immediately clear what was hit.

with Reuters