Iran’s Shadegan comes under US missile attack

US-Israeli strikes on IranIran’s Shadegan comes under US missile attack The Khuzestan province’s deputy governor told Fars that a missile strike was delivered on areas in the vicinity of the cityTEHRAN, July 30. /TASS/. The city of Shadegan in southwestern Iran came under a US missile attack, the Khuzestan province’s deputy governor said. "The United States delivered a missile strike on areas in the vicinity of the city," the Fars news agency quoted him as saying. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said earlier that the US military had launched another series of airstrikes against the Islamic republic. 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