14 killed in US attacks on Iran, US air base in Jordan attacked by Iran

Fourteen people were killed and 78 others wounded in U.S. overnight raids on Iran, with a bridge and a railway damaged, Iranian authorities said Thursday, reported Xinhua.

Among the deaths, three were killed near the southwestern city of Ahvaz, said Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan Province's deputy governor for security and law enforcement affairs, cited by the semi-official Fars news agency.

A railway from the northeastern city of Mashhad to the capital Tehran was targeted in the attacks, leading to the suspension of service along the route, according to Fars. Technical and operational teams have been dispatched to the scene and have reconstructed the damaged section.

Fars said the attacks also targeted a bridge in the northern Aqqala County, Golestan Province.

U.S. Central Command said that its forces completed an additional round of strikes to degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. forces struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran's coastline, the command said.

In retaliation, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps and army said they have struck U.S. military bases and facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.

The new clashes came as Iran and the United States were holding negotiations to reach a final agreement within 60 days in line with a recently signed memorandum of understanding.

Meanwhile, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday claimed it had struck the US Al-Azraq air base in northern Jordan with 10 ballistic missiles on what it described as an "enemy command and control centre in West Asia" in retaliatory strikes in response to a recent attack on Tehran by Washington, reported ANI.

According to a statement carried by Iran's state broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the IRGC said the missile strikes marked the "second phase" of its response to what it described as aggression by the United States.

"At 2:20 pm today, IRGC aerospace fighters destroyed the enemy's command and control centre in West Asia and the enemy air base in Al-Azraq, Jordan, with 10 ballistic missiles," the statement read.

The IRGC warned that further US military action would trigger additional attacks on American bases in the region.

"If the US terrorist army repeats its aggression, other US bases in the region will not be safe from our heavy fire," the statement carried by IRIB added.

The statement further stated that Iran had previously warned that repeated attacks would lead to an expansion of its military response.

Amid this, Jordan confirmed that air raid sirens had been activated after missiles entered the country's airspace from Iran.

Jordan's government spokesperson Mohammad Al-Momani, in a post on X, said, "Air raid sirens were activated by the Public Security Directorate just moments ago, following reports of the Kingdom's airspace being breached by missiles launched from Iran, which were intercepted and dealt with."

"The valiant Jordanian Armed Forces are on high alert, ready to address any threat facing the Kingdom, and are deploying all their efforts to safeguard the nation's security and the safety of its citizens," he added.

In the "first phase of its punitive response", IRGC struck key infrastructure at four US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for American strikes in Tehran.

According to Press TV, the IRGC detailed the retaliation in a statement earlier today, identifying the targeted outposts as Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, and stated that the facilities were hit using missiles and drones.

IRGC condemned the US attacks, calling them a "violation of commitments" and affirming its resolve to fight against the "child-killing US military."

The Iranian action comes after US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday said its forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade Tehran's ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, following recent attacks on commercial shipping and civilian crews.

In a post shared on X, US CENTCOM said, "At the direction of the Commander in Chief, US Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz."

Meanwhile, Iran's southern port city of Chabahar experienced power cuts after the United States airstrikes, according to CNN, citing Iranian state media.

Additionally, explosions were also reported in the Iranian city of Bushehr, CNN reported, citing the semi-official Fars news agency.