Iran says 3 killed in US strikes in western Iran

By AFP 9 July 2026, 8:06 am

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A photograph said to show a US strike in Chabahar, a city and port in southeastern Iran, posted by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account overnight July 8-9, 2026. "This is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran. If it happens again, it will get much worse!" Trump wrote. The photograph, which appears to have been enhanced, was posted a short time earlier by Open Source Intel on X; the account subsequently stated that the image was "not from tonight." (Via social media)

US strikes on Iran have killed three people and wounded several others in the country’s west, official news agency IRNA reports, quoting a local official.

Valiollah Hayati, the deputy governor of Khuzestan for security and law enforcement, tells reporters that three people were killed and several wounded in the American attack on the outskirts of the city of Ahvaz, the IRNA report says.