Iran war Qatar moved into a wider Gulf phase this afternoon, when Iran said it launched fresh strikes and targeted American bases in Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Jordan said it shot down eight missiles, while Tehran matched the new attacks to a day of exchanges that had already pulled US and Iran deeper into direct confrontation.
The Iranian health ministry said 14 people were killed over the past two nights. The US said it hit 90 targets in Iran overnight, after saying the night before that it had hit more than 80 targets in Iran.
Jordan and the Gulf targets
Iranian state media said, “Iran has launched new strikes this afternoon, with Jordan saying it shot down eight missiles.” Tehran said the strikes were aimed at American bases in three Gulf nations: Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. That left the reported attacks spread across multiple fronts rather than focused on one site.
For readers watching travel, security, or business exposure across the Gulf, the practical point is that the reported strike set now spans several countries at once. Any local disruption would be shaped by which bases or surrounding areas were reached, and by whether the missiles were intercepted before impact, as Jordan said it did with eight missiles.
Bushehr and Iranian claims
Iranian state media accused the US of striking near a nuclear power plant, and later accused the US of striking near the Bushehr nuclear power plant this afternoon. The US military did not comment on the accusation. That leaves one of the sharpest claims in the exchange sitting in public, but without a military response from the US side.
Verify examined damage caused by US strikes on an Iranian port control tower and a railway bridge. The verified images from southern Iran showing damage to a control tower at a major port, and images from the north showing damage to a railway bridge. Those images give a narrower picture of the overnight US strikes than the broad target count alone.
Mashhad during the strikes
Huge crowds gathered in Mashhad for the burial of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei while the strikes were being exchanged. The scene places the military exchange beside a public moment of mourning inside Iran, as the conflict moved through both security sites and civilian spaces.
Earlier this week, the fragile ceasefire between the two countries was ruptured when the US accused Iran of targeting commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. That sequence matters because today’s strikes do not stand alone; they follow a run of attacks and counterattacks that have now reached Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. Whether any of the reported strikes in Qatar caused damage or casualties is not answered in the available reporting.
