The US air operation against Iran caused casualties in Khuzestan province. The provincial command of Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced that two Revolutionary Guards members and one Basij member were killed in US attacks targeting various parts of the province in the morning hours.
The names of the dead were announced as Hossein Amouri, Saeed Tokli Zadeh, and Mohsen Nejati. The attacks came after US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it had launched an air operation against Iran following attacks targeting three commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
UK Maritime Trade Operations reported that three oil tankers were attacked in the same strait passage and suffered minor damage. No information was given on the ships' nationalities.
The Strait of Hormuz region occasionally experiences security tensions due to the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran on February 28. Meanwhile, on June 18, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Washington and Tehran with the mediation of Pakistan and Qatar, and negotiations for a final agreement are ongoing.