The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it launched a ballistic missile strike on US-run Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan's Azraq, destroying three American F-35 fighter jets and heavily damaging three others in retaliation for a US airstrike that killed three members of a family on Iran's Qeshm Island.

The IRGC's public relations office issued the statement on Thursday, addressing the "honorable and discerning people of Jordan."

It thanked Jordanians for their "sincere support and cooperation," particularly the "clear positions" taken by some Jordanian elites, saying their stance had increased pressure on the United States.

The statement noted that the United States launched an airstrike before dawn using "occupied bases" in Jordan after being unable to confront Iran in direct war.

The IRGC said US forces targeted two residential homes in the Chah Tangu neighborhood of Qeshm Island with heavy bombs, killing a father, a mother and one of their children while wounding two other children. Two other children survived the attack and were taken to hospital for treatment.

"In response to this crime and to help you liberate the Islamic land of Jordan from the scourge of the American occupiers," the IRGC said, "the Aerospace Force fighters attacked the deployment ramp and maintenance hangar of the enemy's American F-35 fighter jets at Al-Azraq Air Base this morning with several ballistic missiles."

The statement said that the strike "completely destroyed three F-35 aircraft and inflicted heavy damage on three others."

It also said several US officers as well as technical and maintenance personnel were killed in the attack.

"The region is no place for a child-killing army that so brutally massacres innocent families in their sleep at midnight," the statement said.

"Our struggle, alongside yours, will continue until the last American occupier is expelled from Islamic lands," it added.

The retaliation comes as the US has been targeting southern Iranian provinces since earlier in July after violating the terms of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.

Tehran has responded with repeated missile and drone attacks targeting US-operated military facilities across the region under Operation Nasr 2 and Operation Sa'eqeh (Lightning).

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed as long as US threats and interference in the region persist.

In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC announced that two oil tankers attempted to leave the "unsafe southern route" of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday night after being prompted by US aircraft.

It said one of the tankers caught fire, prompting both vessels to quickly reverse course.

"The Strait of Hormuz is our territory, and the brave men of the IRGC Navy firmly control it. No outsider who has come from thousands of kilometers away will be allowed to interfere," the statement said.

It added that, "With the help of Almighty God, the aggressor will be punished today."

The IRGC also warned countries it said were assisting the aggressor, saying they would face consequences if they did not change their conduct.

"Countries that are involved in assisting the aggressor, if they do not correct their behavior, will receive a harsh response," it said.

"The Strait of Hormuz is not reopenable as long as the excessive rhetoric and threats by US officials and their interference in maritime movements in the region continue, and threats and interventions will make the situation more difficult and more complicated," the IRGC said.

The statement comes as the terrorist US CENTCOM announced a fresh round of aggression on Iran on Thursday, as several cities were targeted in the overnight strikes. In one of the deadly attacks on Qeshm Island, a two-year-old toddler along with his parents were killed as US targeted their home.

The US has been attacking Iran since earlier in July after Washington violated the terms of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, which was meant to permanently end the war that the US and Israeli regime unleashed against Iran in late February.

The understanding has recognized Iran’s rights and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, and said Iran was responsible for removing restrictions that it has imposed over the Strait of Hormuz for vessels affiliated with aggressors and their supporters since the start of the aggression. However, the US attempted to undermine Iran’s sovereignty by establishing an unsafe corridor near the Omani shores.

The unlawful US measure prompted Iran’s firm response to re-impose restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran says any movement in the strategic chokepoint must be conducted under Iranian arrangements, as per the understanding.

The US attacks on southern Iranian provinces have been met with a strong response by Iran against US bases in regional countries as the Iranian Army and the IRGC launch multiple waves of Operation Nasr 2 and Operation Sa’eqeh (Lightning), pounding US-run bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and the Iraqi Kurdistan region, among others.

Three members of a family, including mother, father and their two-year-old boy, were killed in a US airstrike on a residential building on Iran’s southern Qeshm Island, a local official says.

Deputy governor of Hormozgan Province for political, security and social affairs, Ahmad Nafisi, said on Thursday that the search, rescue and debris-removal operations at the site of the attack in the Chah Tangu neighborhood of Qeshm City have been completed.

He confirmed that the bodies of the parents and one boy were recovered from under the rubble.

He added that two other children from the family were rescued from the rubble shortly after the strike and were transferred to a hospital for treatment. They received emergency medical treatment at the scene before being transferred to the hospital.

Nafisi noted that search operations had concluded and all individuals trapped under the debris were accounted for.

A subsequent IRIB report identified the father who was martyred as a taxi driver. The area struck was a residential neighborhood populated mainly by working-class families.

In a post on X late Wednesday local time, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces once again launched a fresh round of military aggression against Iran, describing it as a “powerful response” to what it labeled “attempted Iranian attacks” on US forces illegally stationed in the region the previous day.

Three explosions were heard on Qeshm Island inside the city, Tasnim news agency reported. Explosions were also heard in Bushehr Province, according to the IRIB state broadcaster.

https://xcancel.com/CENTCOM/status/2082623345682518024#m

U.S. forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8 p.m. ET today. The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday's attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces based in the Middle East.

https://xcancel.com/PressTV/status/2082625702252187671#m

🔴 CENTCOM announces the launch of a new round of strikes against Iran

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/2082626822299127995#m

🚨 U.S. carrying out strikes on Iran after a 5-day pause starting Friday. It previously struck Iran for 13 consecutive nights from July 12 through July 23

https://xcancel.com/BarakRavid/status/2082604988048523324#m

🚨The U.S. military is conducting air strikes in Iran, U.S. official tells me

Barak Ravid (reporter for Axios) posted about the US striking Iran around 1 hour before it was announced by CentCom. Barak Ravid served in IOF Unit 8200, Israel's equivalent of the NSA. He talks to the White House and he's probably a US-Israeli asset.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/30/iran-war-live-trump-threatens-to-hit-back-hard-over-strikes-on-jordan?update=4815324

Sen. John Fetterman refused to answer questions from Drop Site's Julian Andreone on Capitol Hill — instead launching into an unprompted defense of Israel, saying he loves "watching Israel eliminate the Hamas leadership" and demanding to know "why Drop Site loves Hamas and Iran and Hezbollah so much."

"It's a race between who's more pro-Hamas: Drop Site or Zeteo?"

https://nitter.net/DropSiteNews/status/2082505009090965878#m

https://nitter.net/RapidResponse47/status/2082449007977087174#m

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has staged a retaliatory ballistic missile strike against an American airbase in Jordan, besides halting three trespassing vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

“In response to the aggressive actions of the child-killing US military, the brave fighters of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force launched several ballistic missiles at a US airbase and the US military's Central Command’s headquarters in Jordan,” the Corps said in a statement in early Wednesday.

“As long as threats against the Islamic Republic continue and the unlawful and hostile actions of US forces against our interests persist, resistance will also continue,” it added.

“Threats by US officials and unlawful interference against our interests must come to an end.”

The United States has perpetrated numerous violations against Iranian territory since April 7, when US President Donald Trump announced a unilateral ceasefire in the latest bout of wholesale American-Israeli aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.

The violations continued even after Washington and Tehran signed a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding last month, whose first clause had clearly mandated cessation of aggression on all fronts.

In line with the MoU, the Islamic Republic also designated a maritime route for safe and legal passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The US has, however, been trying to help ships evade the route by seeking to escort trespassing vessels through an illegal passageway.

Iran's Armed Forces have staged uncompromising retaliation in the face of each instance of violation, including those taking place in support of illegal vessel movement in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a separate statement on Wednesday, the IRGC announced bringing to a halt three oil tankers that had “violated our warnings and continued sailing along an unsafe and unlawful route” in the waterway under American instigation.

“The IRGC Navy once again warns that the unlawful interference and directives issued by the child-killing US military to vessels operating in the region will not go unanswered.”

The United States and Saudi Arabia have carried out coordinated aerial aggression against several bases and weapons depots belonging to Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi.

In separate statements issued early Wednesday, the Saudi defense ministry and the US Central Command announced the joint aggression, saying it targeted bases and weapons storage facilities belonging to the PMU, which serves as a coalition of anti-terror resistance groups.

Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the ministry, said the kingdom, in coordination with CENTCOM, had struck specific targets that he claimed had been involved in recent attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure.

CENTCOM also said US and Saudi warplanes had targeted several logistical bases and weapons storage facilities in eastern Iraq.

According to preliminary reports, citing the Iraqi resistance groups, at least 20 fighters were martyred and 32 others were wounded in the attack.

Reports from Iraqi sources, Arab media outlets, and social media users, meanwhile, indicated that multiple locations across Iraq had come under aerial attacks. However, the details of the strikes, as well as the extent of the damage and casualties, have yet to be officially confirmed.

According to those reports, the largest strikes took place in Basra Province, where Hashd al-Sha’abi’s operational headquarters in the al-Dair area and the group's weapons depots were reportedly targeted.

Arab news networks, including al-Hadath, reported multiple airstrikes and injuries to several individuals. Surveillance camera footage circulating online showed explosions in the area. The PMU’s Operations Command in Basra said three airstrikes had struck the vicinity of one of its headquarters and that two missiles landed nearby.

Other reports said bases and weapons depots in the al-Suwaira area of Wasit Province, including the al-Fath al-Mubin base, had also come under attack.

Various sources further reported strikes on positions affiliated with Hashd al-Sha’abi in Babil Province, including locations in Jurf al-Nasr.

Some unverified reports and social media posts also said that positions in the Nineveh Plains, Kirkuk, Karbala, and other parts of eastern Iraq had been targeted.

Resistance had warned Saudi against military aggression

The aggression came, although Iraqi resistance had warned Saudi Arabia earlier this week against waging such strikes against the Iraqi territory following Riyadh's accusations that attacks on some of its oil facilities had originated from Iraq.

In a statement released on Monday, the resistance had rejected the Saudi allegations, describing them as “baseless.”

“These baseless allegations... are nothing more than a transparent attempt by the Saudi regime to cover up its complete failure to respond to the highly effective operations carried out by Yemen's resistance forces against the regime's deeply buried infrastructure,” the statement said.

“We in the Islamic Resistance give a clear warning to the Saudi regime that any foolish action on their part will be confronted with a decisive response that will compel them to feel deep regret,” the statement declared.

The statement urged Saudi authorities to stop blaming Iraq and instead end Riyadh’s blockade on Yemen.

At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. U.S. forces remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness.

https://nitter.net/CENTCOM/status/2082231500318114110#m

https://nitter.net/DropSiteNews/status/2082233495414251855#m

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/28/iran-missile-attack-us-base-jordan

https://archive.is/tsOHB

U.S., Saudi Forces Strike Iran-Backed Terrorist Sites in Iraq

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command and the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces conducted precision strikes in Iraq, July 28, against Iran-aligned terrorists that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directed to attack U.S. forces and Saudi energy infrastructure.

U.S. and Saudi fighter aircraft struck multiple terrorist logistics and weapons sites across eastern Iraq in a strong response to over 30 IRGC-directed aerial drone attacks in the last 72 hours.

The unwarranted attacks against U.S. forces were not successful.

From February through April 2026, there were more than 600 attempted attacks on U.S. citizens and facilities by Iran-aligned terrorist militias in Iraq.

The IRGC and its terrorist proxies must cease these attacks to avoid further U.S. military response.

https://nitter.net/CENTCOM/status/2082260118930956482#m

live updates https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/29/iran-war-live-us-accuses-irgc-of-surprise-ballistic-missile-attacks

Pointing to scheduled meetings of Zelensky and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US President Donald Trump, Baghaei criticized the destructive alignment among the trio.

“This grouping can only be described as a kind of triangle of evil,” he said, adding, "Such triangles have never had any positive effect on international peace and security.

This quote is from Iran Foreign Ministry press conference yesterday.