Centcom spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins told the BBC it was aware of reports from Iranian state media of the attack in Sirik. He added: " The US military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC."

Iranian state media reported that another seven people were killed in three separate US strikes around Ahvaz and Aqajari, in Khuzestan. The IRGC meanwhile said that four members of its aerospace force, which oversees Iran's ballistic missiles, were killed by US attacks in Kermanshah, and that three members of the paramilitary Basij Resistance Force were killed on Lavan island, in the Gulf.

Early on Wednesday, the IRGC and the regular Iranian military announced that they had launched ballistic missiles and drones towards US bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in retaliation for the US strikes. They said the attacks caused casualties and damage at the US Marine barracks at Camp Titin on Jordan's Gulf of Aqaba coast.

Reuters news agency cited US officials as saying there were no casualties. The Jordanian Armed Forces said they engaged 13 ballistic missiles, 10 of which were destroyed and three of which fell in remote, uninhabited areas.

The IRGC and the Iranian military also said that a maintenance centre, warehouses and equipment belonging to the US military were destroyed in Irbil, in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, according to state media. Iraqi authorities did not comment on the attack, but local media reported that a US surveillance balloon was hit by drones.

In Kuwait, the fire service said its crews put out a fire at a residential complex that was struck by a drone and that no casualties were reported. In a separate incident, the IRGC said two tankers caught fire after hitting mines while being guided through an "illegal route" in the Strait of Hormuz by the US military.

Saudi Arabia's national shipping company said two Filipino sailors were killed "in a security incident" involving its crude oil tanker SIDR as the vessel transited the waterway on Monday. Image source, ReutersImage caption, Vessels were visible across the Strait of Hormuz from Oman this weekAfter about a month-long pause, the US resumed attacks on Iran on Sunday, when it announced it had struck two rocket launchers to prevent them being used to lay naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The US and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on 28 February, killing the country's supreme leader and other top officials at the start of a massive air campaign. Iran responded by attacking Israel, US bases and allied states in the Gulf with missiles and drones, and effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping.

In June, the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that called for an end to hostilities on all fronts and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. It also gave them two months to reach a final deal that covers Iran's nuclear programme, US sanctions and a permanent truce.

However, the MoU collapsed within weeks, leading to a resumption of hostilities. Since then, both US and Iranian forces have fired on commercial shipping in the region, with Iran targeting vessels it says have sought to transit the Strait of Hormuz without its permission and the US enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ports.

Last week, the US had indicated that it was switching to economic sanctions on Iran, rather than military options, to try to win concessions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials and state media have largely dismissed the campaign as a continuation of previous US economic measures.

Additional reporting by BBC PersianFigure caption, Six months into the Iran war: What has Trump accomplished?

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