Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday it had targeted a United States military base in Jordan with ballistic missiles, claiming in a statement carried by state media that ‘a large number of US forces’ were killed in the strike.
There has been no confirmation from the Jordanian government, and US Central Command had not issued a casualty statement at the time of publication. Jordan’s state news agency made no immediate reference to an attack on its territory.
The claim, if verified, would mark one of the most serious direct confrontations between Iran and the United States in years, and the first major strike acknowledged by Tehran on Jordanian soil — a kingdom that has long walked a careful line between its Western security partnerships and its restive neighbourhood.
Regional analysts urged caution. Unverified claims of mass casualties are a familiar feature of escalation cycles in the Gulf, where psychological operations frequently run ahead of verifiable facts. Independent confirmation — from satellite imagery, hospital reports or official briefings — typically takes hours to days.
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The reported strike comes amid a wider surge in hostilities, including retaliatory missile exchanges near the Strait of Hormuz and warnings to commercial aviation over Russian airspace, compounding what diplomats describe as the most fragile security environment in the region in a decade.
Berli Media is following official channels in Amman, Washington and Tehran and will update this story as confirmation emerges. Readers are advised to treat unverified casualty figures with caution.
