Iran has launched missiles towards US targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said, following the latest American strikes.
It is the latest tit-for-tat retaliation after the US military said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following two attacks on a US warship by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over the past two days.
US Central Command, when asked about the strikes on the Jordanian airbase, said it had no information to offer.
The Iranian tankers destroyed in the attack were the Kivik, Charminar, Horizon 1 and the Riesco in the Gulf of Oman, Central Command said. The US military also destroyed the vessel Derya, which was located near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Central Command said the crews of the five vessels were told to abandon ship before the attacks.
The strikes come just three days after US forces destroyed three Iranian oil tankers after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tried to attack a US aircraft carrier and destroyer.