The U.S. and Iran have returned to exchanging intense strikes.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.
The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.
The Bahrain Defence Force announced on Wednesday that "Iran continues its systematic hostile approach through unlawful missile and drone attacks targeting civilians in the Kingdom of Bahrain."
The BDF said that its forces intercepted "several" aerial attacks on Wednesday morning.
-ABC News' Morgan Winsor
More than 30 people have been killed in "recent" attacks on Iran's southern regions, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said in a social media post Wednesday morning, without elaborating.
Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said in a separate social media post earlier Wednesday that more than 260 people have been wounded across the country in the latest wave of attacks, without specifying how many people had been killed.
-ABC News' Morgan Winsor
In a post on X, U.S. Central Command said it began launching "a wave of strikes" against Iran at around 6 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
"The strikes are designed to further degrade military capabilities Iranian forces have used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz," the post said.
-ABC News' Lauren Minore
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have targeted U.S. military bases and assets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in strikes launched in the early hours of Wednesday.
Bahrain reported that its alarm sirens were activated, while Kuwait said its air defenses intercepted six missiles and 33 drones. Jordan said its air defenses intercepted and shot down three Iranian missiles.
-ABC News’ Morgan Winsor and Guy Davies
