Iran Guards say struck US base in Jordan
Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced Thursday that they launched ballistic missile strikes against a U.S. air base in Jordan. The IRGC stated the attack was in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes that hit near a children's cancer hospital in southwestern Iran, accusing American forces of using Jordanian bases to orchestrate the strikes.
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- Published Date: 12:35 PM 16 July 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they had struck a US air base in Jordan with ballistic missiles in response to what they described as an American attack near a children's cancer hospital in Iran.
The IRGC said US forces had "used air bases located in Jordan to target various parts of Iran, including the vicinity of a children's cancer hospital", and that its aerospace force responded by "launching two waves of missile strikes" on the bases in Jordan, according to their website.