Jordan says intercepted eight missiles as Iran claims attacks on US Mideast command center, air base
Amman, July 9 (IANS) Jordan’s air defence systems shot down eight missiles launched from Iran toward Jordanian territory on Thursday, a military source said, while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it attacked the US command centre in the Middle East and the al-Azraq air base in Jordan using 10 ballistic missiles.
The anonymous source at the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said the interception operations caused missile debris to fall, but no casualties or property damage were reported, Xinhua news agency reported.
The source added that the armed forces are closely monitoring regional developments and remain at the highest level of readiness to protect the kingdom’s airspace, defend its sovereignty, and safeguard the safety of its territory.
The military will not allow any party to violate Jordan’s airspace, the source added.
The IRGC said in a statement cited by Iranian media that “the enemy’s command and control centre in the Middle East and the al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan were struck by 10 ballistic missiles.”
If the US military “repeats its aggression, other American bases in the region will not be safe from our heavy fire,” added the statement.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned the latest U.S. strikes against several regions in Iran’s southern coastal provinces and two bridges in the country’s northeastern provinces.
In a statement, the ministry described the attacks on two bridges along the rail routes from Gorgan to Incheh Borun and Mashhad to Tehran as “flagrant war crimes.”
It stressed that the US strikes within the past 48 hours, carried out under the “false pretext” of responding to earlier incidents involving ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, were in blatant violation of the United Nations Charter and a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two countries on ending the war.
The ministry also accused the United States of using the strikes to justify its “continued non-compliance” with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
–IANS
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