TEHRAN, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen people were killed and 78 others wounded in U.S. overnight raids on Iran, with a bridge and a railway damaged, Iranian authorities said Thursday.
Among the deaths, three were killed near the southwestern city of Ahvaz, said Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan Province's deputy governor for security and law enforcement affairs, cited by the semi-official Fars news agency.
A railway from the northeastern city of Mashhad to the capital Tehran was targeted in the attacks, leading to the suspension of service along the route, according to Fars. Technical and operational teams have been dispatched to the scene and have reconstructed the damaged section.
Fars said the attacks also targeted a bridge in the northern Aqqala County, Golestan Province.
U.S. Central Command said that its forces completed an additional round of strikes to degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. forces struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran's coastline, the command said.
In retaliation, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps and army said they have struck U.S. military bases and facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.
The new clashes came as Iran and the United States were holding negotiations to reach a final agreement within 60 days in line with a recently signed memorandum of understanding. ■
