(AL-JAZEERA) US air strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday have killed 17 people and injured 115 others in six cities across Iran, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry has said.

The escalation on Wednesday, the most severe since both sides signed a memorandum of understanding in mid-June that ended the fighting saw the US launch attacks on the eastern Iranian cities of Iranshahr, Bandar Abbas, Konarak, Chabahar, and Bushehr, as well as Aq Qala in northeastern Iran.

One firefighter was killed in an attack on the Iranshahr airport, state news agency IRNA reported.