Chronological Record

Timeline

All 169 documented incidents, ordered by date

Covering the war from February 28, 2026 to the present. The record runs through three phases: the opening 40-day offensive; the April 8 ceasefire, which never held and left a genuine lull rather than a gap in the record; and the re-escalation that began when the ceasefire was declared over on July 8. Dates are as reported by sources; some entries use approximate dates (e.g., "Mid-Mar").

Feb 28 Day 1 of the war · 14 incidents
  • Feb 28 Schools Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School, Minab: Struck three times between 10:23 and 10:45 a.m. on the first morning of the war. After the first missile hit, the principal moved students into a prayer room, which the second strike then hit, killing most of those sheltering inside. 156 people were killed in total (Minab prosecutor, 9 April): 120 students, 26 teachers (all women), 7 parents, a school bus driver, a pharmacy technician, and a six-month-old fetus. Sky News independently verified 146 of the dead by name — the 120 students, aged 6–13, and their 26 teachers. Contrary to widespread early reporting of a girls' school, the majority killed were boys (73 boys, 47 girls). Human Rights Watch verified the attack using 14 videos, photographs, and satellite imagery and called for it to be investigated as a war crime; Bellingcat, BBC Verify, Amnesty International, the NYT, NPR and CBC separately identified US Tomahawk missiles and concluded US responsibility. [Sky News investigation; Human Rights Watch, Mar 7; BBC Verify; Bellingcat]
  • Feb 28 Schools Sports Hall, Lamerd: A strike on this sports facility in southern Iran killed 20 people, including teenage girls during a volleyball session. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Feb 28 Schools Polytechnic University of Tehran (Amirkabir): Campus and surrounding facilities targeted in the opening wave of 'surprise airstrikes.' [Compiled from news agencies]
  • Feb 28 Military Leadership House Compound, Tehran: The opening attack targeted the Leadership House, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials including Ali Shamkhani and General Abdolrahim Mousavi. [Wikipedia]
  • Feb 28 Officials Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — Supreme Leader: Killed in the opening US-Israeli airstrike on his Tehran compound. Khamenei had ruled Iran for over 36 years. The government declared 40 days of mourning. On March 7, his son Mojtaba Khamenei was elected as the new Supreme Leader. His daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were also killed in the same strike. [Al Jazeera; Euronews; Axios]
  • Feb 28 Officials Ali Shamkhani — Senior Security Advisor & Former SNSC Secretary: A mainstay of the Islamic Republic's armed forces since the 1980s, killed on the first day of the war. Shamkhani was a key architect of Iran's nuclear negotiating posture and regional security strategy. [Axios; Vanguard News; Euronews]
  • Feb 28 Officials Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi — Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces: The most senior operational military commander in Iran, responsible for coordinating the regular army and the IRGC. Previously served as commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army from 2017–2025. [Al Jazeera; Axios; Euronews]
  • Feb 28 Officials Gen. Aziz Nasirzadeh — Minister of Defense: A veteran of the Iran-Iraq war, he had served as Defense Minister since 2024 and previously commanded the Iranian Air Force (2018–2021). Killed alongside other top commanders in the opening strikes. [Al Jazeera; Vanguard News]
  • Feb 28 Officials Gen. Mohammad Pakpour — Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC: The highest-ranking IRGC commander, killed in the opening wave. [Axios; Al Jazeera; Euronews]
  • Feb 28 Officials Hossein Jabal-Amelian — Head of the SPND (Nuclear Weapons Research Organization): Chair of Iran's Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, which coordinates Iran's most sensitive defense-scientific projects. [Axios; Iran News Wire]
  • Feb 28 Officials Reza Mozaffari-Nia — Director of Defensive Innovation and Research: Former head of the SPND; killed in the same first-day wave targeting Iran's nuclear and defense scientific leadership. [Euronews]
  • Feb 28 Casualties Schoolchildren and teachers killed, Minab: 156 killed (Minab prosecutor, 9 April): 120 students — 73 boys and 47 girls, aged 6–13 — 26 teachers, all of them women; 7 parents (4 men and 3 women); a school bus driver; a pharmacy technician from the neighbouring clinic; and a six-month-old fetus. Sky News verified 146 identities by name, the highest independently verified count published. Earlier figures ranged from 108 (TIME, 1 Mar) to 175–180 as bodies were recovered; 156 is the final official count. The school had been walled off from the neighbouring IRGC Navy compound since 2016, with three separate civilian entrances and no military checkpoints; the Minab mayor said the compound had been closed for roughly 15 years. A US 15-6 investigation found outdated Defense Intelligence Agency coordinates to be the probable cause, and CNN reported on 7 July that military intelligence systems had warned the targeting data was outdated and the warnings were ignored. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said it was 'deeply disturbed'; UNESCO called it 'a grave violation of the protection afforded to schools under international humanitarian law.' [Sky News investigation; Wikipedia – Minab school attack; CNN, Jul 7; TIME; HRW]
  • Feb 28 Casualties Teenage girls killed at sports hall, Lamerd: 20 people killed, including teenage girls during a volleyball session. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Feb 28 IRIS Bayandor and IRIS Naghdi, Konarak naval base: Two Bayandor-class corvettes destroyed alongside one another at Konarak naval base in Hormozgan in the opening strikes of the war. [Wikipedia – List of ships attacked during the 2026 Iran war]
Feb 28 – Mar 1 Day 1 of the war · 1 incident
Mar 1 Day 2 of the war · 9 incidents
  • Mar 1 Hospitals Gandhi Hospital, Tehran: Suffered extensive damage the day after the war began. The World Health Organization described the incident as 'extremely worrying' regarding the safety of healthcare workers and patients. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
  • Mar 1 Hospitals Iranian Red Crescent Society HQ, Tehran: Explosions occurred near the Peace Building headquarters, disrupting national emergency coordination. [Al Jazeera live tracker]
  • Mar 1 Hospitals Khatam Hospital, Tehran: Reported among the major medical facilities damaged in early strikes on the capital. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
  • Mar 1 Hospitals Medical Emergency Bases, Tehran: Multiple urban emergency response centers hit; the Red Crescent reported nine of its own affiliated centers struck within the first week. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
  • Mar 1 Hospitals Ba'athat Hospital, Tehran: Listed among the hospitals struck in the first days of the war. [Wikipedia – Timeline]
  • Mar 1 Hospitals Persian Gulf Martyrs Hospital, Bushehr: Struck in the opening wave of attacks on Bushehr; specifically listed in Wikipedia's timeline of the war. [Wikipedia – Timeline]
  • Mar 1 Civilian Residential buildings across Tehran: Urban strikes caused widespread damage to civilian neighborhoods. The Iranian Red Crescent reported that within the first week, 5,535 residential units had been hit. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
  • Mar 1 Civilian Al Araby TV Office, Tehran: The media outlet's Tehran office was hit during escalating urban bombardments. [Compiled from news agencies]
  • Mar 1 IRIS Makran (forward base ship), Bandar Abbas: The converted tanker and forward base ship IRIS Makran was destroyed by US forces while in port at Bandar Abbas naval base. [Wikipedia – List of ships attacked during the 2026 Iran war]
Mar 1–2 Day 2 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 1–2 Casualties Families killed at Niloofar Square, Tehran: At least 20 civilians — mostly families breaking the Ramadan fast — were killed in strikes on Tehran, according to Iranian state media. [Wikipedia]
Mar 2 Day 3 of the war · 5 incidents
  • Mar 2 Schools Malek Ashtar University Aerospace Complex, Tehran: Targeted as part of a coordinated wave of strikes against military-affiliated research centers. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
  • Mar 2 Officials Saleh Asadi — Head of Intelligence, Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters: The chief intelligence officer of Iran's primary military construction and engineering organization. [Euronews]
  • Mar 2 Officials Mohammad Shirazi — Head of the Military Office of the Supreme Leader: Khamenei's chief military secretary, killed two days after the Supreme Leader himself. [Axios; Euronews]
  • Mar 2 Officials Mohsen Darrehbaghi — Deputy for Logistics and Support, Armed Forces: Killed in the same wave of March 2 command-center strikes. [Euronews]
  • Mar 2 Officials Akbar Ebrahimzadeh — Deputy Head, Office of the Commander-in-Chief: Killed alongside Darrehbaghi in the March 2 wave targeting Iran's command infrastructure. [Euronews]
Mar 2–5 Day 3 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 2–5 Heritage Golestan Palace (UNESCO), Tehran: Airstrikes on the nearby Pasteur district and Arag Square caused debris and shockwave damage to the 19th-century Qajar-era palace facade and mirrored ceilings. UNESCO confirmed the damage and issued a formal statement that attacking UNESCO-listed property violates international law. [PBS / AP]
Mar 2 onward Day 3 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Mar 2 onward Military Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan — five provinces: Beginning 2 March, a distinct air campaign was waged across Iran's Kurdish region, accounting for roughly one-fifth of all US-Israeli airstrikes in the war. At least 180 military bases and security facilities were destroyed across Kermanshah, Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, Ilam and Lorestan provinces. Kermanshah received the second-highest number of attacks of any province in Iran, after Tehran. Unlike the campaign elsewhere — which concentrated on missiles, naval bases and nuclear sites — the Kurdish strikes prioritised border guard posts along the Iran–Iraq frontier, IRGC barracks and headquarters, Basij militia facilities, police stations, and intelligence and internal security installations: the apparatus of internal control rather than external warfighting. Analysts identified three aims: weakening Iran's border defences against Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq, degrading the capacity to suppress Kurdish unrest, and disrupting surveillance of activists. One assessment held that the strikes may have 'paved the way for a Kurdish advance'. The campaign intensified between 2 and 4 March, coinciding with statements by President Trump about discussions with Kurdish opposition parties. Before the war the region held roughly 1,800 checkpoints; in 2016 the western provinces were removed from the interior ministry's authority and placed directly under IRGC and Basij command. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan; Hengaw; Euractiv]
  • Mar 2 onward Military Iranian forces relocated to schools and mosques: Reports indicate Iranian forces relocated personnel to schools and mosques ahead of many strikes in the Kurdish region. Recorded here because it cuts against both parties: using schools and places of worship to shelter combatants is itself a violation of international humanitarian law and strips those sites of their protection, while it does not relieve an attacking force of its obligations of distinction and proportionality. It is also relevant to assessing strikes on educational buildings in the region. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
Mar 2–Apr Day 3 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 2–Apr Military At least 40 sites, Sanandaj: At least 40 separate sites were bombed in Sanandaj, several of them repeatedly — the most concentrated bombardment of any city in the Kurdish region. Named targets included the Intelligence Department Complex, the Shahramfar IRGC Headquarters, and multiple police facilities. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
Mar 3 Day 4 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 3 Military Supreme National Security Council HQ, Tehran: Destroyed by U.S. and Israeli strikes, along with the Expediency Discernment Council building and what Israeli officials described as an underground nuclear facility. [Wikipedia]
Mar 3–4 Day 4 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 3–4 IRIS Sabalan, IRIS Zagros and a Kilo-class submarine: The Alvand-class frigate Sabalan and Moudge-class frigate Zagros are listed as suspected sunk. A Kilo-class submarine at Bandar Abbas naval harbour is also suspected sunk — satellite imagery shows damage, but confirmation is uncertain. The corvette IRIS Shahid Sayyad Shirazi was attacked on 4 March and damaged but remained afloat. [Wikipedia – List of ships attacked during the 2026 Iran war; The Telegraph]
Mar 4 Day 5 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Mar 4 Schools Esmat Girls' High School, Urmia: The school building on 22 Behman Street in the Darachay district of Urmia was completely destroyed by a strike at approximately 2:00 a.m. No casualties were reported, and the hour makes it very likely the building was empty — unlike the Minab school, this was the destruction of a protected civilian object rather than a mass-casualty attack, and the record should not conflate the two. Note that Iranian forces are reported to have relocated personnel into schools in the Kurdish region ahead of strikes, which is relevant to assessing this target. [Caspian Post; Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war]
  • Mar 4 IRIS Dena (Moudge-class frigate), Sri Lankan EEZ: Torpedoed and sunk by the US submarine USS Charlotte roughly 19 nautical miles south of Galle, inside Sri Lanka's exclusive economic zone — thousands of miles from the war theatre. 104 crew were killed and 32 wounded, making it the deadliest single incident of the war after the opening day. It was the first sinking of a surface ship by a US submarine since the Second World War. A warship is a lawful military target, but the sinking's location within a neutral state's EEZ raises distinct legal questions. [Wikipedia – List of ships attacked during the 2026 Iran war]
Early Mar Day 5 of the war · 8 incidents
  • Early Mar Hospitals Blood transfusion centre, Urmia: A blood transfusion centre in Urmia was struck. Medical facilities and blood supply infrastructure are specifically protected under international humanitarian law. [Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war]
  • Early Mar Military Ballistic missile base, Kermanshah: Satellite imagery confirmed the destruction of the missile base at Kermanshah. Kermanshah province received the second-highest number of strikes in Iran after Tehran, with concentrated attacks on the northern Sunni-Kurdish districts of Javanrud, Ravansar and Paveh, as well as Sarpol-e Zahab, Kerend-e Gharb, Eslamabad-e Gharb and Qasr-e Shirin. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan; IDF]
  • Early Mar Military Army garrison and industrial towns, Urmia: An army garrison at Urmia was targeted, along with industrial towns in the county and the district governor's office. Strikes across West Azerbaijan also hit Bukan, Mahabad, Oshnavieh and Piranshahr. [Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war; Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
  • Early Mar Military Basij checkpoint, Tabriz: An airstrike on a Basij checkpoint in Tabriz killed 13 fighters and injured 18. Missile sites in and around the city were also struck. [Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war]
  • Early Mar Civilian Residential buildings, Tabriz: Residential buildings in Tabriz were hit during strikes on Iran's largest north-western city. [Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war]
  • Early Mar Officials Makram Atimi — Iranian ballistic missile chief: The IDF announced that a strike in the Kermanshah area killed Makram Atimi, chief of Iran's ballistic missile programme, along with several battalion commanders from a central ballistic missile unit. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan; IDF]
  • Early Mar Military IRGC Mi-17 helicopter destroyed, Sanandaj Airport: The Israeli Air Force struck and destroyed an IRGC Mi-17 helicopter at Sanandaj Airport, and targeted Basij operatives in western Iran. [Jerusalem Post]
  • Early Mar Officials Majid ibn al-Reza — Replacement Defense Minister: Appointed as successor to Aziz Nasirzadeh and killed by Israeli forces just one day after his appointment. [Axios]
Mar 5 Day 6 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Mar 5 Schools Two schools, Parand (SW Tehran): Tasnim News Agency and local media reported missiles struck two schools in the town of Parand. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
  • Mar 5 Heritage Azadi Stadium, Tehran: Iran's largest sports complex was bombed during intensified strikes on the sixth day of the war. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
  • Mar 5 Civilian Tehran Grand Bazaar: Reported as one of 33 civilian locations cited by Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as specifically targeted. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
Mar Day 7 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Mar Military Border posts and security facilities across Ilam and Lorestan: Strikes across Ilam province hit Ilam city, Sarabbagh, Badreh, Mehran, Darreshahr, Dehloran, Lumar and surrounding villages; in Lorestan they hit Khorramabad, Borujerd, Nurabad, Kuhdasht, Aleshtar and Rumeshkan County. Targets were predominantly border guard posts along the Iran–Iraq frontier, IRGC barracks and internal security installations. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
  • Mar Military IRGC barracks at Baneh, Saqqez, Marivan and Piranshahr: IRGC barracks and border positions were struck at Baneh, Saqqez, Marivan and Piranshahr in Kurdistan province and along the Iraqi frontier. [Wikipedia – Air campaign in Iranian Kurdistan]
Mar 7–8 Day 8 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 7–8 Energy Tehran & Karaj Fuel Depots: Multiple storage complexes were struck: the Aghdasieh oil warehouse (NE Tehran), the Shahran oil depot (North Tehran), and a refinery in southern Tehran. The attacks produced a massive toxic smoke cloud over the capital for days. [Wikipedia – South Pars attack]
Mar 7 Day 8 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 7 Civilian Water reservoir, Haftkel, Khuzestan: A 10,000 cubic-meter water reservoir was struck. [Wikipedia]
Mar 9–10 Day 10 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 9–10 Schools University Street & Higher Education Hubs, Tehran: Intense urban bombing damaged buildings around the main University of Tehran campus. [Compiled from news agencies]
Mar 9 Day 10 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Mar 9 Military Resalat Neighbourhood Basij Building, Tehran: An airstrike destroyed a Basij-affiliated building alongside three adjacent residential buildings, resulting in 40–50 deaths. BBC analysis identified Israeli Mark 82 bombs. [Wikipedia]
  • Mar 9 Civilian Resalat Square residential blocks, Tehran: US-Israeli strikes hit multiple residential blocks at Resalat Square (میدان رسالت) in eastern Tehran on the afternoon of 18 Esfand. Tasnim reported nearly 40 people killed; rescue teams were still recovering bodies from the rubble at the time of reporting. The head of the Iranian Red Crescent described 'a heinous crime that cost several civilians their lives', with damage to homes across a 500-metre radius. The blocks housed only ordinary residents. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal, reporting from Tehran in July, independently documented the destruction of the neighbourhood and put the toll at at least 40 civilians. [Tasnim via Entekhab; Mehr News; The Grayzone (on-the-ground)]
  • Mar 9 Casualties Civilians killed in residential building, Resalat, Tehran: An Israeli airstrike destroyed a Basij-affiliated building alongside three neighboring residential buildings. Between 40 and 50 people died. BBC analysis confirmed Israeli Mark 82 bombs were used. [Wikipedia]
Mar 10 Day 11 of the war · 6 incidents
  • Mar 10 Heritage Chehel Sotoun Palace (UNESCO), Isfahan: Structural cracks and debris damage reported following extensive strike waves. UNESCO verified the damage. [PBS / AP]
  • Mar 10 Heritage Naqsh-e Jahan Square (UNESCO) — Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan: Historic doors and windows shattered by shockwaves from strikes in the area. [Wikipedia]
  • Mar 10 Heritage Naqsh-e Jahan Square (UNESCO) — Jame Abbasi Mosque, Isfahan: Damage to the iconic turquoise tilework and calligraphic inscriptions. [Wikipedia]
  • Mar 10 Heritage Masjed-e Jame (UNESCO), Isfahan: Iran's oldest Friday mosque — dating back over 1,400 years — sustained damage to its ancient brickwork and arches. UNESCO confirmed this site was damaged. [PBS / AP]
  • Mar 10 Heritage Falak-ol-Aflak Castle, Khorramabad: The 3rd-century Sassanid fortress was damaged during strikes on nearby IRGC aerospace facilities. [PBS / AP]
  • Mar 10 Civilian Resalat Highway junction, Tehran: A strike on a junction of Resalat Highway (بزرگراه رسالت) in eastern Tehran killed and wounded numerous civilians. At least 17 civilians were killed and 19 wounded according to information verified by 19 June. Reported as a separate incident from the Resalat Square strike on the residential blocks the previous day. [Persian-language reports; compiled]
Mar 12 Day 13 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Mar 12 Heritage Safavid-era Dawlatkhaneh Complex, Isfahan: The Rashk-e Jenan (Rashk Palace) was reported destroyed by direct strikes. Other damaged structures include the Rakib Khaneh Mansion, the 15th-century Timurid Hall, and the Ashraf Hall. [Wikipedia]
  • Mar 12 Nuclear Targeted killing of nuclear scientists: Israeli officials claimed that 'top Iranian nuclear scientists' were killed in targeted strikes, intended to halt the underground movement of nuclear and ballistic programs. [Compiled from news agencies]
  • Mar 12 Casualties Children casualties — UNICEF milestone report: UNICEF reported that by March 12, more than 1,100 children had been injured or killed across the region, approximately 200 in Iran alone. Hundreds of thousands were displaced; millions unable to attend school. [Wikipedia]
Mar 13 Day 14 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Mar 13 Heritage Safavid-era buildings, Isfahan: Damage reported to the Rakeb-Khaneh pavilion, Ashraf Hall, and 15th-century Teymouri Hall. [Wikipedia]
  • Mar 13 Energy Kharg Island (Oil Infrastructure Area): The United States struck military targets on Kharg Island but reportedly spared oil infrastructure. [Wikipedia]
Mid-Mar Day 16 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mid-Mar Hospitals Andimeshk Hospital, Khuzestan Province: Targeted during the escalation of strikes in the southwestern industrial and oil corridor. [Compiled from regional reports]
Mar 17 Day 18 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Mar 17 Officials Ali Larijani — Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council: One of the Islamic Republic's most powerful political figures, described as Iran's 'ultimate backroom powerbroker.' Killed in a strike while visiting his daughter in eastern Tehran. His assassination prompted intense fear among remaining officials. Iran retaliated with a missile barrage that killed two Israeli civilians. [Axios; Al Jazeera; Wikipedia]
  • Mar 17 Officials Gholamreza Soleimani — Commander of the Basij Paramilitary: Head of the Basij, the volunteer paramilitary force that is a branch of the IRGC. Struck alongside several top lieutenants at a makeshift headquarters. [Axios; Wikipedia]
Mar 18 Day 19 of the war · 5 incidents
  • Mar 18 Energy South Pars Gas Field & Asaluyeh Refinery, Bushehr Province: Israeli airstrikes hit the world's largest natural gas field, targeting treatment facilities, storage tanks, gas installations, and supply pipelines. The attack halted production at two major refineries, cut Iran's total gas production by approximately 12%, and forced Iran to stop gas supplies to Iraq. International oil prices surged from $103 to $108 per barrel; European gas prices increased 7%. [Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Mar 19]
  • Mar 18 Energy Shahid Rajaee Port, Bandar Abbas: Explosions reported near the oil terminal and control tower. [Compiled from news agencies]
  • Mar 18 Officials Esmaeil Khatib — Minister of Intelligence: Killed by an Israeli strike in Tehran. Khatib had served as Intelligence Minister since 2021, overseeing Iran's entire domestic and foreign intelligence apparatus. A public funeral was held on March 20. [Axios; Vanguard News; Wikipedia]
  • Mar 18 Officials IRGC Officials Killed in Beirut Hotel Strike: An Israeli targeted drone strike on a hotel in Beirut killed at least four IRGC officials: Majid Hassini (senior financial officer), Ali Reza Bi-Azar (Lebanon Corps intelligence chief), Ahmad Rasouli (Palestine Corps intelligence chief), and Hossein Ahmadlou (intelligence officer). [Axios]
  • Mar 18 Officials Reza Khazaei — Senior IRGC Quds Force Member: Killed in a strike in Beirut, Lebanon. [Axios]
Mar 20 Day 21 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Mar 20 Officials Ali-Mohammad Naeini — IRGC Spokesperson: Killed along with two other senior officials in a March 20 strike. [Euronews]
  • Mar 20 Officials Esmail Ahmadi — Deputy for Intelligence, Basij Organization: Killed in the same March 20 wave. [Euronews]
  • Mar 20 Officials Mehdi Rostami Shomastan — Senior Commander, Ministry of Intelligence: Killed in the same March 20 wave targeting Basij and intelligence leadership. [Euronews]
Mar 21 Day 22 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 21 Schools Malek Ashtar University of Technology (Tehran branch): Israel announced a strike, claiming the university housed nuclear-weapons component R&D — a claim not substantiated by the IAEA. The institution is civilian under Iranian law and was severely damaged. [HRIUI; Wikipedia]
Mar 24 Day 25 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Mar 24 Schools Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Shahin Shahr: Targeted alongside production sites in Isfahan province, near the submarine R&D center. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
  • Mar 24 Military Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Shahin Shahr: Targeted alongside nearby defense production sites in Isfahan province. [Compiled from regional reports]
Mar 25 Day 26 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Mar 25 Schools Shahid Motahari Applied Scientific Education Center, NE Tehran: Targeted in Imam Khomeini Town, northeast Tehran. [Compiled from regional sources]
  • Mar 25 Hospitals Lar Medical Base: A direct strike on a medical emergency center; a Red Crescent ambulance was also struck while transporting the injured. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Mar 25 Heritage Home of filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Tehran: The home of the internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker was reportedly damaged. [Wikipedia]
Late Mar Day 26 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Late Mar Officials Abu Dhar Mohammadi — IRGC Missile Operations Commander in Lebanon: Operations commander in the IRGC's missile unit within Hezbollah in Beirut. Killed in a targeted IDF strike. [Axios]
  • Late Mar Strait of Hormuz closed by Iran: Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping in late March, choking a waterway carrying roughly a fifth of global seaborne oil. The closure became the central unresolved issue of the war: the 8 April ceasefire required Iran to reopen the strait, and Iran's refusal to do so is what unravelled the agreement. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran war; Al Jazeera]
Mar 26 Day 27 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 26 Industry Foolad Atieh (Asia Steel): Struck one day before the coordinated industrial wave. One worker was killed and two others were injured. [Compiled from regional reports]
Mar 27 Day 28 of the war · 8 incidents
  • Mar 27 Energy Abadan Refinery (vicinity), Khuzestan: Reports of explosions at a site near this historic refinery in southwestern Iran. [Compiled from news agencies]
  • Mar 27 Industry Mobarakeh Steel Company, Isfahan: The largest steel producer in the Middle East (7.1 million tonnes in 2025) was struck. Damage confirmed to a power substation, an alloy steel production line, and a power plant. Employees were on-site during the attack. [Argus Media, Mar 27]
  • Mar 27 Industry Khuzestan Steel Company (KhSC), Ahvaz: Iran's second-largest steelmaker sustained hits to two storage silos. Blast furnaces were reportedly offline at the time. Khuzestan Deputy Governor confirmed 16 injuries. Production suspended pending safety evaluation. [Argus Media, Mar 27]
  • Mar 27 Nuclear Shahid Khondab Heavy Water Research Reactor (IR-40), Arak: Struck by Israeli Air Force jets in two distinct phases. The IDF described the facility as 'a key plutonium production site.' Iranian authorities confirmed the strikes but stated there were no casualties and no radioactive release. The facility had already been damaged in the June 2025 Twelve-Day War. [The Defense News, Mar 27]
  • Mar 27 Nuclear Ardakan Yellowcake Production Plant (Dariush Rezaeinejad Facility), Yazd: The facility processes uranium ore into yellowcake with a capacity of 50 tonnes per year. The IDF called it 'a unique plant used to produce raw materials required for uranium enrichment.' Iran's Atomic Energy Organization confirmed the strike and stated no radioactive material was released. [Israel Hayom, Mar 27]
  • Mar 27 Nuclear Yazd Missile & Sea Mine Production Facility: A central facility for the planning, assembly, and storage of advanced naval missiles and sea mines was destroyed. [Jerusalem Post]
  • Mar 27 Military Siranband Border Outpost, Kurdistan Province: Struck as part of the late-March wave targeting logistics and border facilities. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Mar 27 Casualties Industrial workers killed, Isfahan Province: The Isfahan governor confirmed that 25 workers were killed in strikes on industrial zones in the province, including during the attack on the Mobarakeh Steel complex. [Compiled from ISW/regional reports]
Mar 27–28 Day 28 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Mar 27–28 Industry Kavir Steel Company, Kashan: Targeted during the same coordinated industrial wave. [Wikipedia]
  • Mar 27–28 Civilian Residential neighborhoods — Karaj, Shahr-e Rey, Tehran: U.S.–Israeli airstrikes severely damaged numerous residential and civilian facilities, confirmed by CENTCOM. [Wikipedia]
Mar 28 Day 29 of the war · 7 incidents
  • Mar 28 Schools Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran: Verified strikes on the Physics Department and advanced research laboratories. U.S. Central Command confirmed the university was among the targets. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
  • Mar 28 Nuclear Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (proximity): A missile struck the plant itself, according to Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. No casualties, material damage, or technical disruptions were reported. Russia's Rosatom had already suspended construction and evacuated non-essential staff. [Jerusalem Post, Mar 28]
  • Mar 28 Military Marine Industries Organization (MIO), Tehran: Struck as part of the naval-industrial targeting wave. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Mar 28 Military SADRA (Iran Marine Industrial Company), Bushehr: Struck on the same day as the Bushehr airport. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Mar 28 Military Parchin Military Complex, Tehran: Targeted multiple times in late March for its role in advanced munitions and explosives research. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Mar 28 Civilian Bushehr Airport & 6th Tactical Airbase: Strikes targeted both the civilian airport and the adjacent military airbase. [Compiled from regional reports]
  • Mar 28 Civilian Mashhad International Airport & 14th Tactical Airbase: Targeted in the same wave of strikes on air infrastructure. [Compiled from regional reports]
Mar 29 Day 30 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 29 Schools University of Isfahan (second strike): Hit by US-Israeli air raids for the second time since the war began. Four university staff members were wounded. [Al Jazeera]
Mar 31 Day 32 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mar 31 Officials Brig. Gen. Jamshid Eshaghi — Chief, Office of Budget & Financial Affairs, Armed Forces General Staff: Killed in US-Israeli strikes. Eshaghi oversaw budget and financial planning for the entire Armed Forces General Staff. [Wikipedia – Officials killed list]
Apr 1 Day 33 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Apr 1 Hospitals Tofigh Daru Research & Engineering Company, Tehran: Iran's first and largest pharmaceutical research firm, struck by two drones and completely destroyed. As the sole domestic producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients for cancer, cardiovascular, and immunomodulatory medicines, its destruction caused acute shortages of life-saving treatments, including for children. [Center for American Progress; OHCHR]
  • Apr 1 Energy Shahid Haghani Port, Bandar Abbas: US-Israeli strikes targeted the port near the Strait of Hormuz, according to Tasnim News Agency. [Bloomberg; EnergyNow]
  • Apr 1 Officials Mohammad Ali Fathalizadeh — Commander, Fatehin Unit: Killed in US-Israeli strikes. [Wikipedia – Officials killed list]
Apr 2 Day 34 of the war · 2 incidents
  • Apr 2 Hospitals Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran: A century-old public-health institution founded in 1920, struck three times in total — the third the most destructive. Cell banks, malaria research, clinical research units, and biotechnology labs across 23,000 sq meters were destroyed. Home to 13 national reference laboratories, 3 biobanks, and 2 WHO collaborating centers, it produced vaccines for hepatitis B, measles, and COVID-19 — all halted. Iranian scientists called it 'the biggest tragedy of this war so far.' [Science/AAAS; UNICEF]
  • Apr 2 Casualties B-1 Bridge collapse casualties, Karaj: A U.S. double-tap strike obliterated the newly constructed B-1 bridge in Karaj, killing 8–13 civilians who were picnicking under it during Nowruz celebrations. Over 95 others were wounded. [Axios, Apr 2]
Apr 4 Day 36 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Apr 4 Schools Laser & Plasma Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran: Bombed at around 16:00 local time by two projectiles. The women's dormitory complex was extensively damaged, and the men's dormitory and adjacent buildings were also affected. No casualties — the campus had emptied after the government moved all classes online. [Al Jazeera; Science/AAAS]
  • Apr 4 Hospitals Delaram Sina Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran: Sustained significant damage in a strike. Specifically named by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his April 4 statement on attacks against Iranian healthcare. [WHO; Al Jazeera]
  • Apr 4 Energy Mahshahr Petrochemical Zone, Bandar Mahshahr: Strikes on the petrochemical industrial zone were confirmed via social-media video obtained by Reuters. The IDF described it as one of two central facilities producing materials for explosives, ballistic missiles, and weapons. Combined with the April 6 South Pars strike, the IDF claimed 85% of Iran's petrochemical exports had been taken offline. [Jerusalem Post; Reuters]
Apr 5 Day 37 of the war · 1 incident
  • Apr 5 Military F-15E recovery operation, Northwestern Iran: A US operation to recover the second crew member of an F-15E downed on April 3 resulted in damage to helicopters, the shootdown of an A-10 Thunderbolt II, the destruction of two C-130 Hercules aircraft, and three IRGC members killed. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
Apr 6 Day 38 of the war · 8 incidents
  • Apr 6 Schools Sharif University of Technology, Tehran: Known as 'Iran's MIT,' the university was hit by a bunker-buster bomb, extensively damaging the data center, mosque, and laboratories. A fuel station on campus was also hit, causing an explosion and petrol shortage in the surrounding neighborhood. Iran's Vice President condemned the attack. The university, founded in 1966, is ranked among the world's top 100 in several engineering disciplines. Iran's Ministry of Science reported at least 30 universities hit since the war began. [Al Jazeera, Apr 6]
  • Apr 6 Energy South Pars Petrochemical Complex, Asaluyeh, Bushehr Province: Israeli Defense Minister confirmed a 'powerful strike' on Iran's largest petrochemical facility, responsible for approximately 50% of the country's petrochemical production. Combined with the earlier April 4 attack on the Mahshahr petrochemical zone, the IDF claimed 85% of Iran's petrochemical exports were now offline. Two IRGC commanders were killed. The Jam, Damavand, Mobin, and related electricity/water/oxygen supply plants were also hit. [Jerusalem Post, Apr 6]
  • Apr 6 Industry Multiple steel plants (aggregate): Israeli PM Netanyahu stated that Israeli strikes had destroyed approximately 70% of Iran's steel production capacity. The Isfahan governor confirmed 25 workers killed across industrial-zone strikes in the province. [AP; Al Arabiya]
  • Apr 6 Civilian Residential area, Baharestan County (Qaleh Mir), Tehran Province: Overnight strikes killed 17 people, including four girls and two boys under the age of 10. Three buildings collapsed and approximately 50 homes were damaged when US-Israeli forces bombed two residential units. [Al Jazeera, Apr 6; Middle East Eye]
  • Apr 6 Civilian Residential area, Qom: US-Israeli strikes hit a residential neighborhood, killing at least 9 people, wounding 19, and damaging 100 residential units according to the Qom Governor. [LiveUAMap; NCRI, Apr 6]
  • Apr 6 Civilian Residential area, Bandar Lengeh, Hormozgan: Strikes on two residential homes killed 6 people and wounded 17 others. [Al Jazeera, Apr 6]
  • Apr 6 Officials Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi — Head, IRGC Intelligence Organization: Killed in a precision Israeli airstrike in Tehran. Khademi led both the IRGC Intelligence Protection Organization (from 2022) and the IRGC Intelligence Organization (from 2025). A senior Israeli official described him as effectively IRGC No. 2 and one of the few senior commanders who survived multiple waves of targeting. The IDF accused him of advancing terrorist attacks abroad and overseeing surveillance of Iranian civilians during protests. [Times of Israel; Fox News, Apr 6]
  • Apr 6 Casualties Children killed in Baharestan, Tehran Province: At least 34 killed across Iran in a single day of attacks, including six children (four girls and two boys under 10) in Baharestan County. Strikes also killed 5 in Bandar Lengeh and at least 9 in Qom. [Al Jazeera, Apr 6]
Apr 7 Day 39 of the war · 10 incidents
  • Apr 7 Heritage Rafi-Nia Synagogue, Tehran: 'Completely destroyed' when an adjacent residential building near Palestine Square was struck. Footage showed civil defense workers amid rubble with Hebrew-language books and Torah scrolls scattered on the ground. The synagogue — one of approximately 100 in Iran and 30 in Tehran — was destroyed on the sixth day of Passover. The Jewish community's representative in parliament said Israel 'showed no mercy' during the Jewish holidays. The IDF admitted 'collateral damage' from a strike targeting 'a senior Iranian commander.' [Al Jazeera, Apr 7]
  • Apr 7 Energy Kharg Island, Persian Gulf: The U.S. military struck more than 50 military targets on Iran's key oil export hub, which handles approximately 90% of the country's crude oil exports. U.S. officials said oil facilities were not targeted. The strikes occurred hours before Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. [Navy Times, Apr 7; CNN]
  • Apr 7 Energy South Pars Power Generation Units, Bushehr Province: Two electricity-producing units at the South Pars gas field were struck. Iranian officials characterized the attack as a 'huge escalation,' threatening power supply to southern Iran. [Al Jazeera, Apr 7]
  • Apr 7 Civilian Mehrabad, Bahram & Azmayesh Airports, Tehran: Israel struck three airports in Tehran, targeting IRGC aircraft and helicopters. Reports indicate 16 commercial aircraft were destroyed at Mehrabad Airport, which the IDF said was used by the IRGC's Quds Force as a hub for arming terrorist proxies. [Jerusalem Post, Apr 7]
  • Apr 7 Civilian Khorramabad International Airport, Lorestan: Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani Airport was struck by US-Israeli forces. No casualties were reported. [Arab Times; News.az, Apr 7]
  • Apr 7 Civilian Eight bridges across Iran (Tehran, Karaj, Tabriz, Kashan, Qom): Israel destroyed sections of eight bridges it claimed were used by IRGC forces for transporting weapons and military equipment. Two people were killed and three injured at the Yahya Abad railway bridge in Kashan. A bridge near Qom on the province's communication lines was also struck. Netanyahu confirmed the strikes targeted transport routes used for moving weapon systems. [Al Jazeera, Apr 7; Jerusalem Post]
  • Apr 7 Civilian Power substation & transmission lines, Alborz Province: Airstrikes knocked out a power substation and transmission lines, causing blackouts across Karaj and Fardis. Iranian authorities reported restoring power to 80% of affected areas within hours. [Times of Israel, Apr 7; Euronews]
  • Apr 7 Civilian Residential areas, Shahriar, Alborz Province: US-Israeli attacks on residential areas killed 18 people, including two children, and wounded 24 others according to Fars News Agency. [Vanguard News; Fars News, Apr 7]
  • Apr 7 Civilian Railway network — nationwide disruption: Israel's military warned civilians to avoid travelling by train, stating 'Your presence on trains and near railway lines endangers your life.' All train service from Mashhad was cancelled. The IDF bombed eight rail sections and bridges to prevent IRGC movement of weapon systems. [Al Jazeera, Apr 7; Times of Israel]
  • Apr 7 Casualties Shahriar residential area, Alborz Province: 18 people killed including two children and 24 wounded in attacks on residential areas outside Tehran, hours before the ceasefire. [Vanguard News; Fars News, Apr 7]
Apr 8 Day 40 of the war · 1 incident
  • Apr 8 Casualties Day of ceasefire — 300+ killed: More than 300 people were killed and 1,150+ injured on the day the ceasefire was announced, in what Israel described as its 'most powerful attacks' of the war — concentrated on Lebanon. The ceasefire announcement did not halt the day's killing. [Al Jazeera tracker; Wikipedia]
Apr 13 Day 45 of the war · 1 incident
  • Apr 13 US naval blockade of Iran declared: Announced by President Trump on 12 April after the collapse of the Islamabad Talks and in force from 13 April at 10:00 EDT, covering 'the entirety of the Iranian coastline'. CENTCOM said it applied only to vessels travelling to or from Iranian ports, not to general Strait of Hormuz transit. Enforcement was rapid: 8 tankers intercepted on 14 April, 23 by 18 April, 29 by 22 April, and 94 vessels turned away by 22 May. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the blockade 'an act of war' and Iran's military called it 'piracy'; Iran filed a complaint at the UN. China called it 'irresponsible and dangerous', Russia warned of an 'economic earthquake', Spain said it 'makes no sense', and the UK, Australia and the EU declined to support it. Israel backed it. The Pentagon estimated $4.8bn in lost Iranian oil revenue between 13 April and 1 May. [Wikipedia – 2026 United States naval blockade of Iran; Lloyd's List]
Apr 15 Day 47 of the war · 1 incident
Apr 19 Day 51 of the war · 1 incident
  • Apr 19 Iranian container ship Touska seized: The first forcible seizure under the blockade. USS Spruance fired on the Iranian-flagged container ship Touska in the northern Arabian Sea, disabling its engine room; the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit then boarded and seized the vessel. Its 22 crew were repatriated. Iran filed a UN complaint through representative Amir Saeid Iravani arguing the seizure violated the ceasefire. Lloyd's List reported that at least 26 Iranian ships had bypassed the blockade regardless by 20 April. [Wikipedia – 2026 United States naval blockade of Iran; Lloyd's List]
Apr 20–23 Day 52 of the war · 1 incident
  • Apr 20–23 Iranian tankers Dorena, Tifani and Majestic X seized: The Iranian oil tanker Dorena was captured off western India on 20 April. MT Tifani, a VLCC carrying 1.9 million barrels, was boarded in the Indian Ocean on 21 April, and the VLCC Majestic X, also carrying 1.9 million barrels, was seized on 23 April. The tankers Deep Sea and Sevin were captured off Malaysia and Derya off western India in the same period — an enforcement campaign reaching thousands of miles beyond the Gulf. [Wikipedia – 2026 United States naval blockade of Iran]
May 6–8 Day 68 of the war · 1 incident
  • May 6–8 Iranian tankers Hasna, Sevda and Sea Star III struck off Bandar-e Jask: US F/A-18s disabled three Iranian oil tankers off Bandar-e Jask over three days: the Hasna was raked with 20mm cannon fire into its rudder on 6 May, and the Sevda and Sea Star III were hit with precision munitions on 8 May, the Sevda still burning the following day. [Wikipedia – List of ships attacked during the 2026 Iran war]
May 7 Day 69 of the war · 1 incident
  • May 7 Military Strikes at the Strait and across Hormozgan province: Iranian officials accused the United States of violating the ceasefire after strikes on two ships at the Strait of Hormuz and on coastal areas of Hormozgan province. US CENTCOM said the strikes were 'self-defence' following attacks on three destroyers. The two accounts are irreconcilable and no independent verification has been published. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran war ceasefire; CENTCOM]
May 12 Day 74 of the war · 1 incident
May 25 Day 87 of the war · 1 incident
  • May 25 Military Missile launch sites and small boats, Bandar Abbas: US forces struck missile launch sites and Iranian boats 'attempting to emplace mines' at Bandar Abbas, describing the strikes as self-defence. ACLED also recorded US strikes through May and June at Bandar-e Lengeh, Kong, Qeshm Island and the Shahid Raahbar naval base. [ACLED; Wikipedia – 2026 Iran war ceasefire]
May 29 – Jun 10 Day 91 of the war · 1 incident
  • May 29 – Jun 10 Tankers Lian Star, Lexie, Marivex, Jalveer and Settebello disabled: A sustained US campaign against tankers carrying Iranian oil in the Gulf of Oman. The Lian Star was disabled by a Hellfire missile to its engine room on 29 May after more than 20 warnings, the Lexie on 2 June, and the Marivex on 8 June — its 24 Indian crew rescued by Oman. On 10 June the Palau-flagged Settebello was attacked, killing 3 Indian sailors; 21 of the 24 crew were rescued. The International Maritime Organization condemned the attack. Several of the vessels sailed under false flags of registry. [Wikipedia – List of ships attacked during the 2026 Iran war; IMO]
Jun 18 Day 111 of the war · 1 incident
  • Jun 18 Dual blockade lifted: Following the Islamabad Memorandum — announced 14 June and signed on 17 June by Trump at the Palace of Versailles and President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran — CENTCOM removed the naval blockade on 18 June, and Iran's closure of the Strait was lifted in parallel. The 60-day negotiating window it opened was due to expire on 21 August. It lasted 20 days. [Wikipedia – 2026 United States naval blockade of Iran]
Jul 8 Day 131 of the war · 4 incidents
  • Jul 8 Military Over 80 military targets, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr: The opening wave of the July re-escalation. The US struck more than 80 military targets with precision munitions at Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, killing 8 Iranian air force and navy personnel. Trump declared the ceasefire 'over', saying: 'This is in retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran. If it happens again, it will get much worse!' The trigger was an IRGC attack on three commercial vessels — the Al Rekayyat, Wedyan and Cyprus Prosperity — in the Strait of Hormuz on 6 July. The underlying dispute is over the fifth clause of the June memorandum: Iran claims sole authority over passage arrangements in the strait; the US insists on unfettered international access. [Al Jazeera, Jul 8; CENTCOM]
  • Jul 8 Military Maritime control tower and depot, Chabahar: A maritime control tower and a depot at Chabahar were struck as part of the 90-target second wave on 8 July, alongside air defence systems, coastal surveillance, missile and drone storage and naval capabilities at Konarak, Bushehr, Bandar Abbas and Iranshahr. [Al Jazeera, Jul 8]
  • Jul 8 Civilian Iranshahr airport: One firefighter was killed when Iranshahr airport was struck during the second US wave of 8 July, which CENTCOM said hit 90 Iranian military targets. [Al Jazeera, Jul 8]
  • Jul 8 Civilian Railway bridge, Aq Qala: A railway bridge at Aq Qala in north-eastern Iran was struck in the second US wave of 8 July — among the first strikes of the July escalation to reach far outside the Hormuz theatre. [Al Jazeera, Jul 8]
Jul 9 Day 132 of the war · 3 incidents
  • Jul 9 Military Around 90 military targets across southern Iran: US strikes hit roughly 90 military targets at Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Kuhestak, Chabahar, Jask, Abu Musa Island, Konarak, Bushehr province and Iranshahr. Iran retaliated against US facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, striking Patriot systems, a satellite antenna and fuel depots at Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain. [Al Jazeera, Jul 9]
  • Jul 9 Civilian Fishing pier, Sirik: At least 3 people were killed when a civilian fishing pier at Sirik was struck during the US strikes of 9 July. 78 people were wounded across Iran that day. [Al Jazeera, Jul 9]
  • Jul 9 Civilian Two railway bridges — Mashhad road and Aq Taqeh Khan: Two further railway bridges, on the Mashhad road and at Aq Taqeh Khan, were struck on 9 July, continuing a pattern of attacks on Iran's rail network. [Al Jazeera, Jul 9]
Jul 11 Day 134 of the war · 1 incident
Jul 9–16 Day 137 of the war · 1 incident
  • Jul 9–16 Civilian Additional locations reported struck: Iranian media reported explosions at Kabudarahang in Hamadan province, Isfahan, Farvar, Hajiabad, Vesiyan and Aqqala over the course of the July wave. Al Jazeera plotted these locations on its strike map, but no independently confirmed target, casualty figure or date has been published for them. They are recorded here as reported, not as verified. Kabudarahang and Isfahan are of particular note: both lie far from the southern coast, and if confirmed they would contradict the characterisation of the July campaign as restrained and confined to the Strait. [Al Jazeera strike map, Jul 15 (reported, unverified)]
Jul 14 Day 137 of the war · 1 incident
  • Jul 14 US naval blockade reinstated: Announced by Trump on 13 July and reimposed at 20:00 GMT on 14 July, 26 days after it was lifted. It remains in force. Iranian Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf claimed Iran "couldn't export a single barrel of oil" under the blockade — a claim contradicted by maritime intelligence, which recorded Iranian exports of 260,000 barrels per day in May. [Wikipedia – 2026 United States naval blockade of Iran]
Jul 15–16 Day 138 of the war · 1 incident
  • Jul 15–16 Hospitals Near Shahid Baghaei Specialised Hospital, Ahvaz: Powerful explosions during overnight US strikes on Ahvaz struck close to — but not directly on — the Shahid Baghaei Specialised Hospital, one of Iran's leading referral centres for paediatric cancer and blood disorders. 211 children undergoing chemotherapy were evacuated in an emergency. A doctor said the blast was so intense and so close that staff believed the hospital itself had been hit. The hospital resumed operations less than six hours later. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei called it a 'barbaric' attack that 'caused severe suffering and anxiety upon the hospitalised children'; Iran called it a 'cowardly war crime'. The US did not comment. The IRGC framed its subsequent strike on the US airbase in Bahrain as a response. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16; Common Dreams]
Jul 15 Day 138 of the war · 5 incidents
  • Jul 15 Military Coastal defence and cruise missile sites, Greater Tunb Island: A 90-minute US bombing wave struck coastal defence and cruise missile sites on Greater Tunb Island, near the Strait of Hormuz and believed to host a naval base. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
  • Jul 15 Military Bampur garrison, near Iranshahr: Seven soldiers were killed and several wounded when the Bampur garrison in Sistan and Baluchestan was struck; soldiers' accommodation blocks and guard posts were hit. Striking accommodation blocks rather than operational infrastructure is lawful against combatants, but it is a distinct choice from the coastal-defence targeting that characterised the opening nights of the wave. [Al Jazeera, Jul 15]
  • Jul 15 Civilian Bottled water facility, Dehloran: A bottled water plant in Dehloran, in the western province of Ilam, was struck — roughly 900km from the Strait of Hormuz and far outside the coastal theatre the US campaign was said to be confined to. Attacks on drinking water supply raise the question of objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, which Additional Protocol I prohibits attacking, destroying or rendering useless. [Al Jazeera, Jul 17]
  • Jul 15 Civilian Wheat storage silo, Hoveyzeh: A wheat storage silo at Hoveyzeh in Khuzestan was struck, along with an area of neighbouring Dasht-e Azadegan. Food stores, like water supply, are objects indispensable to civilian survival and are specifically protected under international humanitarian law. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
  • Jul 15 Civilian Agricultural water-pumping station, Bandar-e Mahshahr: One person was killed and four injured when a projectile struck an agricultural water-pumping station at Mahshahr in Khuzestan. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
Mid-Jul Day 138 of the war · 1 incident
  • Mid-Jul Civilian Six bridges across Hormozgan province: Six bridges on key transport routes across Hormozgan were targeted: the Gariyeh Bridge on the Bandar Abbas–Khamir–Lar route, a bridge near Latidan village, two bridges on the Kahurestan–Lar road, a partially constructed bridge on the Bandar Khamir–Keshar–Bandar Abbas axis, and a bridge at Maroo village. Analyst Mark Hilborne assessed that the bridges 'underpin Iran's military logistics' and 'enable Iran to move equipment to the south', undermining its ability to interfere with shipping in the Strait — a dual-use rationale. Alex Alfirraz Scheers offered a different reading: that strikes on water, food storage and power infrastructure could indicate 'preparation for something like a limited ground invasion'. [Al Jazeera, Jul 17]
Jul 16 Day 139 of the war · 7 incidents
  • Jul 16 Energy Power facilities and train station, Bandar Abbas: Officials in Bandar Abbas reported that civilian infrastructure including power facilities and a train station had been hit, as the US strikes moved beyond the military targets that had characterised the opening days of the July wave. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
  • Jul 16 Energy Oil tanker disabled near Kharg Island: A US strike disabled an oil tanker near Kharg Island using Hellfire missiles. Three commercial vessels were intercepted in the Gulf of Oman the same day; one was disabled for non-compliance and another boarded. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
  • Jul 16 Nuclear Khondab heavy-water facility, Markazi province: The area around Khondab in central Markazi province — site of the heavy-water facility associated with the Arak reactor — was struck, returning the nuclear programme to the target list in the July escalation. [Al Jazeera, Jul 17]
  • Jul 16 Military Command centres and air defences across nine cities: The sixth consecutive night of US strikes, hitting command centres, air defence sites, missile and drone capabilities and coastal surveillance at Bandar Abbas, Qeshm Island, Sirik, Chabahar, Konarak, Rask, Khondab, Khorramabad and Semnan. At least 8 people were killed and 20 wounded. These were the first strikes of the July wave to reach northern Iran and the area near Tehran, undercutting characterisations of the campaign as restrained and confined to the southern coast. An Iranian military spokesman warned the war 'will spread to new areas' if strikes continued. Iran struck US facilities in Kuwait (Ali Al Salem — radar, Patriot systems and fuel tanks, with 32 drones reported), Jordan (Al-Azraq — 8 missiles intercepted), and Bahrain (Sheikh Isa), and sent five drones at Erbil in Iraq. In Qatar, a child was injured by shrapnel. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
  • Jul 16 Civilian Bridge at Bandar-e Khamir, Hormozgan: At least 7 people were killed and 9 wounded when a US strike hit a bridge at Bandar-e Khamir in Hormozgan province at around 18:00 GMT. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16]
  • Jul 16 Civilian Kahurestan Bridge, Bandar Abbas: Two people were killed and eight wounded in the strike on the Kahurestan Bridge at Bandar Abbas. A railway facility and a communications tower in the city were also struck, the latter causing power outages, and residential areas were hit. [Al Jazeera, Jul 17]
  • Jul 16 Civilian Semnan civilian airport: Semnan civilian airport sustained minor damage. Semnan lies in north-central Iran, well outside the southern coastal theatre. [Al Jazeera, Jul 17]