Iran live updates: US launches daytime strikes, IRGC claims targeting of US bases

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

The Jordan News Agency reported that the country's military intercepted three ballistic missiles that entered national airspace from Iranian territory in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The military reported no damage or casualties, the agency said, citing a source in the armed forces' General Command.