Images of US attack on ranger station in Hajiabad

In the early hours of Tuesday, July 14, 2026, a ranger post in the village of Seyd Jowzar in Hajiabad County, in northern Hormozgan Province, came under a military attack that led to the deaths of three family members of a ranger. The incident drew a response from the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, and Hormozgan’s governorate also confirmed the impact of a projectile near Hajiabad.

• Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, described the attack as the latest example of “the U.S. war crime against the integrity of Iran” and “the U.S. military aggression.”
• In a post on X, Baghaei called the U.S. military the “terrorist army of the United States” and said that “the list of U.S. crimes against Iranians grows longer every day.”
• He added that “with each passing day, the United States reveals a new layer of its hostility toward Iran.”
• The attack resulted in the deaths of three members of the family of Mr. Javad Hasanzadeh, a ranger.
• Mehr News published images from the incident under the title “Images of the U.S. crime in the attack on the ranger base in Hajiabad.”
• Etemad24 also covered the news under the title “The martyrdom of three family members of a Hormozgan ranger in the U.S. attack on the Hajiabad ranger tower.”
• Khabar-e Fori and the Shargh newspaper reported on “hearing the sound of an explosion from around Hajiabad, Hormozgan.”
• Hormozgan’s governorate confirmed the impact of a projectile at a point near Hajiabad County.
• Khabar-e Fori and the Shargh newspaper identified the attacker as the “American enemy.”
• IRNA (Telegram) also described the attack as “the U.S. war crime against the integrity of Iran.”. Coverage difference: Domestic media such as IRNA, Mehr News, Etemad24, Khabar-e Fori, and Shargh all identified the United States as the perpetrator and described the incident as a “war crime” or a “crime.” IRNA and Etemad24, citing the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, emphasized the “military aggression” and U.S. “hostility,” while Khabar-e Fori and Shargh focused more on the Hormozgan governorate’s confirmation and the sound of the explosion. There was also a difference in the exact timing of the incident: IRNA and Etemad24 referred to “Tuesday, July 14, 2026,” whereas Khabar-e Fori and Shargh mentioned “early Wednesday morning.”