Explosions heard across Iran, state media reports, after UAE oil tankers hit in Hormuz strait – Middle East crisis live

The United States conducted multiple strikes across southwestern Iran on July 14, 2026, hitting at least six locations in Bushehr and Khuzestan provinces, according to Iranian officials. The strikes followed an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz that set it ablaze and left a crew member missing. Iran subsequently launched attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Oman; no immediate casualty reports emerged from the US strikes, though explosions were reported near Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility.