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Iran launches 'decisive' retaliatory strikes after second US bombardment
Iran announced a 'decisive' military operation on Tuesday targeting American bases and interests with missiles and drones, following a second round of US strikes. Jordan said it intercepted ten of thirteen ballistic missiles fired from Iranian territory, with three landing in remote areas without casualties.
Written by Sarah Mitchell
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What happened?
Iran launched what it described as a 'decisive' military operation on Tuesday 1 September, targeting US bases and interests with missiles and drones following a second round of American strikes against Iran within days.
Why it matters
Donald Trump had warned on Truth Social that any Iranian retaliation against what he called a 'perfectly justified attack' would be met with a harder and stronger American response.
Iran announced the launch of what it called a "decisive" retaliatory operation against American targets on Tuesday 1 September, after the United States struck Iran for the second time within a matter of days. The Iranian state-affiliated press agency Tasnim reported that "a decisive operation carried out by the Iranian armed forces in retaliation against the American enemy has begun", adding that "American bases and interests in the region are being targeted by Iranian missiles and drones".
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps separately announced that it had struck an American base in Jordan using missiles — a claim that could not be independently verified from the supplied source material.
Jordan intercepts thirteen ballistic missiles
The Jordanian armed forces said on Tuesday evening that thirteen ballistic missiles had entered Jordanian airspace from Iranian territory. Of those, ten were intercepted and destroyed, while three others fell in remote areas far from populated centres, causing no reported casualties. A Jordanian military spokesman described the episode as a direct missile attack on the Hashemite Kingdom originating from Iranian soil.
The Iranian strikes came despite an explicit warning issued by United States President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform. Trump stated that if Tehran "retaliates against this perfectly justified attack, it will be struck again, much harder and stronger". Iran launched its retaliatory operation regardless of that warning.
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Source: Franceinfo