US President Donald Trum has threatened Iran with further strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.
This comes following a second straight day of attacks between the United States and Iran. Iran’s downing a of US Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz sparked a sharp response from the US and led to tit-for-tat attacks across Iran and US bases around the region.
On Thursday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that it targeted a base hosting American F-35, F-15 and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan in response to US strikes on Iran.
In a statement, the IRGC said its Aerospace Force launched 12 ballistic missiles at Al-Azraq Air Base and what it described as key facilities belonging to the US military.
The United States military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) earlier launched attacks “against multiple targets in Iran”, saying the strikes were in “self-defence”, but earlier statements from US President Donald Trump clearly identified a plan to pressure Iran to the capitulate and accept peace terms set by the US.
The IRGC claimed the attack destroyed facilities at the base as well as a large number of American fighter jets stationed there.
The IRGC said the strikes came in response to US missile attacks targeting a recreational site, an industrial complex and areas near Karaj and Nazarabad west of Tehran, along with a local Revolutionary Guard base in Pishva County.
It added that operations by its forces would continue as long as “enemy aggression” persists.
Earlier, the IRGC said 18 major US military targets were struck at the Ali Al Salem and Ahmad Al Jaber bases in Kuwait, along with the Sheikh Isa base in Bahrain, while Iranian military statements also announced attacks targeting Patriot systems, communications facilities and the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
The developments came amid rapidly escalating tensions following US strikes on southern Iran and subsequent Iranian attacks targeting US military assets across the region. – AA
