The U.S. Central Command issued a notice today in which it urge civilians in Iran to immediately avoid all port facilities in which Iranian naval forces operate, Communication suggesting an upcoming U.S. attack on these ports. In the communication, Centcom highlighted that the Iranian regime is using civilian ports used for traffic maritime trade along the Strait of Hormuz by positioning ships and military equipment to conduct operations that threaten the international maritime traffic and - specifying that this puts the lives of innocent people at risk, the command warned that "civilian ports used for military purposes lose their protected status and become objectives legitimate military personnel under international law". Centcom has also invited "port workers, staff and the crews of Iranian commercial ships in avoid Iranian ships and military equipment".

That an American attack on these ports is imminent seems to reveal it Centcom itself who, specifying that, "even if the forces U.S. armies cannot guarantee the safety of civilians in or near the facilities used by the Iranian regime for military purposes", assured that "the American forces will continue to take every possible precaution to minimize damage to civilians."

Meanwhile, today the Omani port of Salalah has suffered a drone attack that damaged some tanks but did not caused injuries among the people present in the airport.