Iran said on Monday it attacked US military targets in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, marking a fresh flare-up in the six-month war.
Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they struck two US military air bases with ballistic missiles in Washington-allied Jordan, causing “heavy damage”. Jordan’s army said it had intercepted eight missiles, without stating their origin.
The strikes came after the United States said on Sunday it had attacked Iranian rocket launchers on a small island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington said its attacks were aimed at preventing Iran from launching more sea mines into the strait, days after it announced it had completed clearing explosives from the strategic waterway.
“US forces took limited, precise action against IRGC mine laying forces posing an imminent threat in the Strait of Hormuz,” the US Central Command (Centcom) wrote on X.
