BANDAR ABBAS, July 18 -- The roads connecting Bandar Abbas to the Iranian interior - the arteries through which food, fuel, and commercial cargo reach the country's largest port - were struck for the first time Saturday when US airstrikes damaged at least five bridges and a tunnel in Hormozgan Province, killing at least eight people and injuring 20 others, Iranian authorities said.

The strikes, confirmed by the Hormozgan governor's office, mark a new phase in the US military campaign against Iran, now in its seventh consecutive night. Earlier operations targeted weapons depots, nuclear infrastructure, and air defense networks. Saturday's strikes hit the transportation routes that supply a port city of roughly 600,000 people and connect i...