BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30. Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired several ballistic missiles
at a U.S. military base in Jordan today.
This was reported by the IRGC.
"In a ballistic missile attack on the U.S. Al-Azraq air base,
the IRGC's Aeronautical Forces fired on a hangar where F-35 fighter
jets are stored and repaired. As a result, three F-35 fighter jets
were completely destroyed, and three other fighter jets were
severely damaged," the report notes.
The IRGC said that several U.S. servicemen were also killed in
the attack.
Besides, the IRGC pointed out that the attack was carried out in
response to the U.S. attack on Iran's Qeshm Island.
Earlier, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that strikes
were carried out against dozens of targets in Iran, including
military command centers, missile and unmanned aerial vehicle
facilities, coastal surveillance and defense sites, as well as
naval capabilities on July 30.
Meanwhile, the latest escalation in U.S.-Iranian relations began
on July 8. On that day, for the first time since the signing of the
memorandum between Washington and Tehran, the U.S. military carried
out several waves of strikes on Iranian territory, claiming that
this was in response to an attack on a merchant ship in the Strait
of Hormuz. On the same day, U.S. President Donald Trump announced
the end of the ceasefire with Iran. In response, Tehran began
attacking U.S. facilities in Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the
UAE, and Oman.
