US Launches New Airstrikes Against Iran After Jordan Attack

The U.S. military launched fresh airstrikes against Iran on Sunday, aiming to retaliate for an attack on a Jordanian base that resulted in the deaths of two American service members and left four hospitalized. U.S. Central Command stated the strikes were intended to further weaken Iran's capacity to impede oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global oil supply route. The strikes targeted areas near Sirik and Hajiabad in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, with explosions also reported in Bandar Abbas. This escalation follows the first U.S. troop fatalities from direct Iranian fire since the conflict's early stages. Iran's state media reported that U.S. strikes in the past three weeks have killed at least 50 people and wounded over 500. Concurrently, the U.S. has reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports to halt crude oil shipments. In a separate incident, a base belonging to the Kurdistan Freedom Party near Irbil, Iraq, was hit by a drone Sunday, wounding eight members.

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