US-Iran Conflict Escalates: Sixth Night of Strikes, IRGC Hits Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan

US conducts sixth consecutive night of strikes on southern Iran (Iranshahr airport, Bandar Abbas rail junction, Hormozgan bridges, Chabahar port tower); Iran retaliates with IRGC missile/drone strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain and a ballistic missile strike on a US airbase in Jordan, explicitly tied to a US strike near a children's cancer hospital in Ahvaz. Separately, coalition air defenses intercept 8 explosive drones over Erbil (Jul 16, 8:53–9:20 PM local); PM Ali al-Zaidi condemns the airspace violation from Washington. Iran's Energy Ministry confirms grid damage, urges electricity rationing amid summer heat. Death toll from US strikes at ~38, hundreds wounded, per Iranian Health Ministry.