Iran Attacks US Sites After American Strikes, Wedding Deaths
Iran retaliated with missile and drone strikes after US targeted IRGC sites, with Tehran claiming US personnel deaths and Jordan intercepting multiple projectiles.
- On Tuesday and Wednesday, the United States and Iran exchanged their largest attacks in weeks, with US forces striking sites across southern Iran and Tehran launching missiles and drones at US-linked facilities in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and northern Iraq.
- US Central Command launched the Tuesday operation against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air defence systems and maritime assets, citing Iranian attempts to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and US personnel.
- Five civilians died in Hormozgan from US strikes, while Jordan's armed forces intercepted 10 of 13 Iranian ballistic missiles, reporting no casualties after three landed in remote areas.
- Iranian commanders said operations against US forces would continue "until they regret their crimes," while the IRGC claimed strikes on Kuwait's Ali al-Salem airbase killed US personnel, a report Kuwait has not confirmed.
- President Donald Trump warned Iran would face attacks at a "much harder and higher level" if retaliation continues, rejecting reports that the operation sought to force Tehran back into negotiations.
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Iran attacks US sites after American strikes, wedding deaths
Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced attacks on US bases in Jordan, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, in the six-month conflict's heaviest exchange in weeks. US President Donald Trump had warned earlier of "much harder and higher" attacks if Iran retaliated to the US strikes, which Iran's military and state media said killed 18 people. The renewed attacks deepen the impasse in the war, where Iran maintains a stran…
In response, Tehran attacked American bases in Jordan, Iraq and Bahrain, following the conclusion of a salve of US strikes, the second since Sunday. A few hours earlier, Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian had called for a resumption of negotiations.
According to Iranian sources, at least eleven people have been killed in three locations during night-time US air raids on targets in Iran. In retaliation for US attacks, Iran has stepped up its attacks on US targets in surrounding countries in the region. Iranian attacks have affected Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain and Kurdistan in Iraq.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated in several press releases issued by Iranian news agencies that it fired drones and missiles at U.S. military installations in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq.
US attacks kill 12 in Iran as Tehran strikes bases in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq
US strikes on Iranian targets trigger missile and drone attacks on US-linked bases across Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq as civilian deaths in Iran and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz deepen the six-month conflict.
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