US military carries out strikes in southern Iran: Report

The United States reportedly launched attacks Wednesday in southern Iran, which included shooting down multiple incoming drones and striking one ground control station inside the Middle Eastern country, a U.S. official told NBC News.

The official described the strikes, which occurred near the city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, as defensive because the drones presented a threat to U.S. forces near the Strait of Hormuz and commercial shipping in the area.

The strikes are considered limited, the unnamed official said, and are not a resumption of major combat against Iran. The drones allegedly belonged to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and did not hit any military or civilian target.

"These actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire," an official told Fox News.

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