A United States missile attack damaged equipment at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval installation in northern Iran, according to an Iranian provincial official. The target was at Zibakenar in Gilan province, on the Caspian Sea coast.
Ali Bagheri, Gilan's deputy governor for political and security affairs, said the strike occurred at about 07:30 on Friday. He reported that part of the equipment stationed at the facility had been damaged and that preliminary checks had found no human casualties. Iranian state media separately described the location as an IRGC naval-forces headquarters. The supplied accounts did not identify the missiles used or quantify the damage.
The attack followed a thirteenth consecutive night of US operations against Iran. Central Command said that wider campaign was intended to reduce Iran's capacity to threaten civilian sailors and merchant traffic in regional waters. It reported that the latest round ended shortly before 05:00 local time. Washington did not provide a separate detailed assessment of the Zibakenar result in the evidence available here.
Military exchanges were spreading across the region. Bahrain said its defences intercepted incoming fire after warning residents to shelter. Kuwait reported action against drones launched from Iran, while Jordan said it brought down seven missiles and six drones without casualties or damage. Iran's military claimed it had attacked American facilities in those countries, but the United States did not confirm that its personnel or bases had been struck.
Iran also said it targeted an Amazon data centre in Bahrain, a claim neither the company nor Bahraini authorities had addressed in the supplied reporting. Separately, Iranian media reported four deaths and five injuries from an American missile attack near Ahvaz. These events illustrate the broader confrontation but are distinct from the Caspian base strike, where the initial official account recorded no deaths.
Maritime tensions remained central. Ship-tracking data showed only one vessel leaving the Strait of Hormuz on July 23, while none entered. Oil traded above $100 a barrel as attacks and threats complicated established routes. US President Donald Trump said he was considering a larger operation but had not yet issued new orders, and Iran warned against further escalation.
Because the casualty finding at Zibakenar was preliminary, it may be revised after inspection. The evidence supports a limited conclusion: US projectiles struck an IRGC Navy site, damaged some equipment and, at the time of the Gilan official's statement, had caused no reported loss of life.
The Zibakenar installation is geographically separate from the Persian Gulf shipping corridor that Washington cited in explaining its campaign. Its location on the Caspian shore indicated that the operational reach extended into northern Iran. The source did not explain what function the damaged equipment served.
