US Strikes Iran Revolutionary Guard After Jordan Deaths
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- The US military struck Iranian Revolutionary Guard sites on Sunday, targeting coastal surveillance, air defence facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage in retaliation for an Iranian attack on a Jordan base that killed two American service members and left one missing.
- Iran reported at least 50 killed and 517 wounded in the latest US strikes, while cumulative US losses since the war began include 16 service members killed and over 430 wounded.
- Iranian missiles hit Kuwait's power and water desalination plant for the second time in two days, and Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain all activated air defences against incoming Iranian drones and missiles.
- Israel warned that Iranian missiles launched toward Jordan's port city of Aqaba could spill over into its territory, risking Israel's re-entry into the conflict for the first time since fighting resumed.
- Iran suspended its commitments under the interim deal signed about a month ago, with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei threatening the US would face "unforgettable lessons."
- The US reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports, redirecting five ships and disabling one over the past week, and struck a construction site of the planned Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant in southwest Iran where satellite images showed very little construction and no known radiological material.
Why it matters: Iran has suspended its interim deal commitments and shifted its retaliation toward US-allied Arab states rather than Israel, broadening the war's targets beyond the Hormuz dispute. With 16 US service members killed and strikes hitting Kuwait's desalination plants—which supply 90% of the country's drinking water—the conflict is spreading toward a wider regional conflagration that could pull Israel back in.
