Seven people were killed in US strikes on various locations in western and southern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian officials said. The casualties occurred in strikes in Kermanshah and Hormozgan provinces.
Four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force were killed in the strike in Kermanshah province. The announcement was made by the IRGC unit in the province.
Three Basij members killed on Lavan Island
Three members of the Basij, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were also killed in a nighttime strike on Lavan Island in southern Hormozgan province.
Abdolkarim Puladifar, deputy commander of the Seyyed al-Shuhada unit in Deyr County, said those killed were Mehdi Bahrani, Hossein Salehnejad and Hassan Momeni. Puladifar said some personnel from Deyr County were injured in the strike.
Lavan Island, off the southern coast of Hormozgan, is home to oil and energy facilities.
Casualties also reported in Khuzestan and Sirik
Iranian officials said seven people were killed and eight wounded in missile strikes on the southern province of Khuzestan on Tuesday, as US operations targeting various parts of Iran continued.
Four people were killed and 68 wounded in a missile strike that hit a wedding ceremony in Sirik County, Hormozgan province, officials said. A 4-year-old child was among those killed.