Military vows ‘decisive response’ after US missile strike kills 7 soldiers, injures 13 others
Smoke rises in Chabahar, Iran, in this screengrab taken from a social media video, released July 15, 2026. Photo: Reuters
More than 30 civilians have been killed in recent attacks on southern Iran, government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Wednesday.
“In the recent attacks on the southern part of the country, more than 30 civilians lost their lives,” Mohajerani said in a post on X.
She did not specify where the attacks took place or provide further details about the casualties.
در حملات روزهای اخیر به جنوب کشور، بیش از ۳۰ تن از شهروندان غیرنظامی به شهادت رسیدند. ضمن ابراز همدردی و تسلیت به خانوادههای داغدار، یاد جانباختگان را گرامی میداریم. دولت با تمام توان در کنار مردم خواهد بود.
جنوب ایران، قلب تپنده این سرزمین است.جنوب ایران،جان ایران.— فاطمه مهاجرانی (@F_Mohajerani) July 15, 2026
Meanwhile, seven Iranian army personnel were also killed and 13 others wounded in what the military described as the first direct US attack on the Iranian army since the current conflict began, after a missile strike hit a barracks in southeastern Iran early Wednesday.
State broadcaster IRIB reported that the US military fired 13 missiles at a residential area and accommodation facility at a barracks of the Iranian army’s ground forces in the city of Bampur, in Sistan and Balochistan province.
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The Iranian army said seven members of the 388th Brigade were killed and 13 others were injured in the attack, while several others were wounded and are receiving medical treatment.
The military condemned the strike and vowed a “decisive response” to what it described as “US aggression”.
Separately, US strikes targeted three locations in the southwestern Iranian city of Bushehr on Wednesday morning, with no injuries reported, the province’s governor said, according to Fars News Agency.
Previous rounds of Israeli strikes that began on June 13 and the joint US-Israeli attacks on Feb 28 did not directly target the Iranian army or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities.
A day ago, US President Donald Trump said strikes on Iran would continue and intensify in the coming days, warning that the US would begin targeting the country’s power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran returned to the negotiating table.
Tensions between the US and Iran have escalated in recent days over the Strait of Hormuz, with the two sides exchanging attacks despite a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict and reaching a lasting peace agreement.
Iran has also sent a letter to the UN accusing the US of violating the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
