Following the American strikes, Iran launched missiles toward US targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said.
Jordan’s military said its air defence systems intercepted 18 ballistic missiles launched toward its territory and two others fell in places where no one lives.
It said it has no reports of casualties. Jordan is a staunch US ally that hosts American forces, making the kingdom’s military bases a target of repeated Iranian strikes. US Central Command said it had no information to offer.
The latest strikes are part of a dual economic and military approach by President Donald Trump as he struggles to bring an end to the war.
The Trump administration on Tuesday also imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran’s aviation industry, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers, in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining trading partners.
Both the US and Iran are seeking to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz, where about one-fifth of the world’s oil passed before the war began. Rising energy prices are posing political problems for Trump and his Republican Party ahead of the November midterm elections. A barrel of international standard Brent crude briefly climbed as high as $99.46 on Tuesday
