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The U.S. has struck more civilian infrastructure in southern Iran in its sixth consecutive day of attacks on Friday, including key bridges and a tower at a crucial port.

Iranian officials reported that U.S. forces struck several key railway and highway bridges overnight on Friday. The attacks “appeared aimed at cutting off Bandar Abbas,” a critical port city that hosts Iran’s Naval headquarters, from Tehran and the rest of the central part of the country, the Associated Press reported. The U.S. has also hit Bandar Abbas directly in strikes this week.

Officials said that six bridges in the province were targeted. Video footage shows several bridges being reduced to rubble. The strikes killed seven people.

Local officials have also reported U.S. strikes on power infrastructure, causing power outages and a call from Iran’s energy ministry to save power in the southern part of the country.

Al Jazeera reports that 200 patients at a hospital in southwestern Iran were evacuated after the facility was rendered inoperable due to nearby strikes.

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The U.S. also collapsed a maritime traffic control tower at the key port of Chabahar, which helped coordinate traffic for fishing vessels and trade........

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