Tehran, July 20 -- US strikes targeted the town of Khormoj in southwestern Iran, causing power outages across sections of the administrative centre of Dashti County in Bushehr province, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, citing a local official.

The targeted region lies along the country's Gulf coast, situated near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The locality has previously been subjected to American military action intended to degrade the naval and missile assets maintained by Tehran in the area.

According to reports, the impacted zone houses military facilities linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval forces. The kinetic action resulted in immediate disruptions to the electricity grid within parts of Khormo...