{"id":113733,"date":"2026-05-26T10:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=113733"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:39:23","slug":"centcom-says-us-targeted-iranian-boats-in-south-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/centcom-says-us-targeted-iranian-boats-in-south-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTCOM says us targeted iranian boats in south iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN: The US Central Command (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/centcom-magazine-hails-gen-asim-munir-leadership-military-diplomacy\/\">CENTCOM<\/a>) said that airstrikes have been carried out in southern Iran, targeting drone-launching facilities, according to US media reports.<\/p>\n<p>CENTCOM has said that US Central Command carried out airstrikes in southern Iran, targeting Iranian drone-launching facilities.<\/p>\n<p>According to CENTCOM, Iranian mine-laying boats were also targeted. CENTCOM says that the US military will defend US forces by exercising restraint during the ongoing ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, several explosions were heard in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian media had said that the situation in Bandar Abbas is under control and there is no cause for concern.<\/p>\n<h4>Iranian army targeted a vessel at sea<\/h4>\n<p>On the other hand, Al Jazeera\u2019s affiliated journalist Ali Hashem while quoting a source, reported intense gunfire after the Iranian army targeted a vessel at sea near Bandar Abbas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Iranian source told me the heavy gunfire heard near Bandar Abbas erupted after the IRCG targeted a vessel at sea, followed by US fighter jests striking\u00a0IRGC\u00a0naval boats in the Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, he continued, several IRGC Navy personnel were killed in the attack. \u201cThe situation is still unfolding,\u201d he quoted the sources as having said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that airstrikes have been carried out in southern Iran, targeting drone-launching facilities, according to US media reports. CENTCOM has said that US Central Command carried out airstrikes in southern Iran, targeting Iranian drone-launching facilities. According to CENTCOM, Iranian mine-laying boats were also targeted. CENTCOM says that the US [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42543],"class_list":["post-113733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-south-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113734,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113733\/revisions\/113734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}