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American forces resumed strikes against Iran on Tuesday, US Central Command (Centcom) has said.
Centcom statedthe US strikes followed “recent attempted attacks” by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranian Red Crescent statedfour people including a young child were deceasedin the US attacks, and more than 50 injured, when after a US missile strikeshrapnel hit a home where a wedding celebration was taking place in Sirik in southern Iran.
In response, Iran launched attacks at US military bases in Iraq and Jordan, as per regionalstate media and the Jordanian Armed Forces. Attacks were also announcedin Kuwait and Bahrain.
The IRGC statedthe US would “regret” the strikes. By early Wednesday, it had launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at a US Marine base in Jordan’s Aqaba in retaliation for the Sirik attack, as perIran’s semi- representativeTasnim news agency.
The Jordanian Armed Forces statedit had intercepted 13 ballistic missiles, 10 of which were destroyed, while three fell in remote areas. There were no deaths or injuries as a result of the strikefrom Iran.
The network also statedthat the country’s national security centre had warned residents of the Aqaba and Mafraq governates of falling debris, adding that the warning had since ended.
Separately, the Kuwait army statedits air defences were responding to Iranian missile attacks early Wednesday.
Several explosions were also announcedin Bahrain following attacks by Iran, as perIranian state media.
Donald Trump, when the US strikes were announced on Tuesday afternoon, warned that Iran would be hit again at “a much harder and higher level” if it retaliated.
The strikefollows the first known US strikes on Iran since late July earlier this week, when forces attacked two rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait. Tehran retaliated by firing missiles at air bases in Jordan and a drone at the UAE.
Centcom statedUS forces had begun striking IRGC targets at 12:00 ET (16:00 GMT), and had completed the strikes by early Wednesday.
Iranian state media announceda four-year-old child was among the four who had died in the Sirik attack, while other reports statedprojectiles had hit the areas of Chabahar and Konarak and an airport in Jiroft, and that explosions were heard in Qeshm island and Bandar Abbas.
US Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, speaking on behalf of Centcom, told the The Mediait was aware of reports from Iranian state media of the strikein Sirik.
He added: “The US military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC.”
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