US Marine Corps base Camp Titin in Jordan was targeted for an “intense ballistic missile attack”, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said, according to Iranian news outlet Tasnim.
The Jordanian army said it intercepted 10 ballistic missiles fired from Iran, and did not confirm any injuries or hits on the US training camp located on the Gulf of Aqaba, near the borders with Israel and Saudi Arabia. Three other missiles landed in remote areas, it said.
Missile and drone attacks were also reported in Kuwait, where the army said they were responding to Iranian hostilities, and alert sirens were heard in Bahrain.
The latest round of conflict began when Washington hit Iranian targets on Sunday, the first known strikes in several weeks, after which Tehran’s forces targeted US troops in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, and projectiles struck two oil tankers in unclaimed attacks.
The Iranian Red Crescent said shrapnel from a US missile attack hit a home where a wedding celebration was taking place in the city of Kuhestak, killing four people, including a child, and wounding more than 50.
And the official IRNA news agency said that “four projectiles hit areas within the counties of Chabahar and Konarak,” without specifying whether there was any damage.
Asked if the US military had received any credible reports of civilian casualties from the Tuesday strikes, US Central Command (Centcom) spokesperson, Captain Tim Hawkins, said “the US military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC,” referring to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
US President Donald Trump said the “large and powerful” strikes were “in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait” and “the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan”.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian meanwhile vowed on Tuesday to match any US move to return to a deal aimed at ending the war.
He also warned that a return by the United States to “a policy of pressure and threats could derail the path of diplomacy”. (AFP)
