New wave of US attacks on Iran in response to missiles against American troops in the region

BarcelonaThe United States has launched an "intense wave of attacks" against Iran in recent hours. The bombings, in response to the latest intercepted missile launches against American troops deployed in the Middle East, have hit Revolutionary Guard targets, according to US Central Command. At least three people have died, including a two-year-old minor, and two more have been injured on Qeshm Island, in the heart of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Iranian agency Fars.

According to the US armed forces, Iranian military command centers, missile and drone facilities, surveillance and coastal defense posts, and naval capabilities have been attacked. The objective, as detailed in a statement released on X, has been to "further reduce" the threats posed by Iran and its allies to American forces, commercial shipping, and neighboring Gulf countries.

The army has not reported specific casualties or damages caused by the bombings, but the Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences has echoed the fatal attack in Hormuz: "In an attack perpetrated by the American enemy against a home in the city of Qeshm, the parents of the family and a two-year-old child lost their lives, while two children, aged seven and nine, were injured and taken to hospital", it stated, in statements collected by the Fars agency.

The American offensive took place one day after Iran's forces launched several ballistic missiles against American positions in the Middle East, attacks that were "successfully intercepted", according to the US. "More than 50,000 American service members are currently deployed in the Middle East and remain highly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready", states the central command's communiqué.

The American president, Donald Trump, had announced that they would respond forcefully to the attacks in Jordan on Tuesday night. And this Thursday, after the new wave from the US, the Jordanian army has reported the interception of at least five more missiles launched against its territory and has accused Tehran, which has not yet claimed responsibility.

All of this, while in the last few hours Saudi Arabia has taken a step forward in the war by participating directly alongside the United States in the bombings against the pro-Iranian militia Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq. Riyadh's military involvement marks a turning point in one of the most tense moments in the region since the April ceasefire.