Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it targeted US aircraft in Jordan, according to Iranian state media reported by outlets including Al Jazeera. The IRGC claims the strike involved missiles and drones and resulted in the destruction of several US fighter and refuelling aircraft, with additional aircraft suffering serious damage. Iranian officials present the Jordan action as retaliation for earlier developments in the region, including an IRGC claim that it hit a US special operations command centre in Syria’s al-Tanf area. Other reports also place these claims within a wider cycle of US and Iranian strikes: several outlets describe overnight US actions in Iran that Tehran says killed at least eight people, followed by threats of further response. Separate reporting indicates Jordan’s military says it intercepted and shot down three Iranian missiles over its territory. The articles say there is no official response from the US or the Syrian government in the cited material, and key claims are presented as allegations by Iranian authorities.
Iran says it struck US jets in Jordan amid US-Iran strikes and retaliation claims
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it targeted US aircraft in Jordan, according to Iranian state media reported by outlets including Al Jazeera. The IRGC claims the strike involved m...
- Iran’s IRGC claims it struck US aircraft in Jordan using missiles and drones.
- Iranese state media reports the IRGC says it destroyed several US fighter and refuelling aircraft and damaged additional aircraft.
- Iran links the Jordan claim to retaliation, including an IRGC claim regarding a US command centre in Syria’s al-Tanf area.
- Jordan’s military says it intercepted and shot down three Iranian missiles over its territory.
- No official US or Syrian response is cited in the provided articles, and the claims are presented as assertions by Iranian authorities.
Iran on Friday claimed it targeted several US military aircraft stationed in Jordan with ballistic missiles and drones in retaliation for overnight American strikes on multiple locations across the Islamic Republic that reportedly killed at least eight people.IRGC claims major damageIran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), in a statement, said they had destroyed "several US refuelling aircraft and fighter jets" and caused "serious damage to many more", according to an NDTV report.They also called on Jordanians to target what it described as "the interests of the aggressive and anti-Islamic Americans" in their country.The IRGC further claimed to have struck a US special operations command centre at al-Tanf in Syria in retaliation for the killing of Iranian soldiers in Iranshahr, state media reported.Retaliation threats continueThe latest claims follow another wave of strikes on military and infrastructure targets in southern Iran, including areas near the Strait of Hormuz, by the US. Tehran has vowed retaliation, warning that all American military facilities in the region remain within the range of its missiles and drones.Oil Prices Rise Nearly 12% This Week As US-Iran Conflict Raises Supply ConcernsThe development came hours after Jordan's military announced that it had intercepted and shot down three Iranian missiles over its territoryThere was no official response from the Syrian government or the US military till the time of publishing this article.Background to the tensionsEarlier in February, the US military said it had completed a withdrawal from the al-Tanf base positioned at the tri-border confluence of Syria, Jordan, and Iraq.In March, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa had said that his country would stay out of any conflict unless it came under attack.
4 hours agoIran claims it struck US fighter jets with missiles and drones in Jordan
4 hours agoIran says it struck US jets in Jordan Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that it targeted US jets in Jordan, according to Iranian state media as reported by Al Jazeera. This comes after an Iranian attack on a US command center in Syria's Al-Tanf district.
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