Dubai | The latest round of overnight US airstrikes on Iran wounded more than 260 people, a Health Ministry official said Wednesday.

The comment by Hossein Kermanpour, a spokesperson for the Health Ministry, did not include fatality statistics.

However, far more people were reported injured than in any other round of recent violence between Iran and the US as they vie over control of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which about a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed. (AP)