Brussels: US attacks knocked 116 telecommunications towers offline in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, disrupting landline, mobile phone, and internet services, an Iranian official said Saturday. According to Anadolu Agency, Hormozgan's director-general of communications and information technology reported the attacks occurred Friday night, damaging traffic and bandwidth transmission lines.

The damage has disrupted telecommunications services in parts of northern Bandar Abbas and Hajiabad. The official stated, "During the attack, 116 telecommunications towers were knocked offline, and landline, mobile phone, and internet services are currently cut off in some northern areas of the province."

Efforts to rebuild and restore the communications network are underway, with equipment and operational teams dispatched from within Hormozgan and neighboring provinces. The incident has intensified an already tense situation in the Middle East, as the US and Iran continue to exchange attacks.

This military escalation persists despite a Pakistan-brokered memorandum of understanding signed in June, aimed at ending the conflict and establishing a lasting peace agreement.