Iran has reportedly launched missiles from 12 different cities across the country, Army Radio reported late Tuesday night, citing Iranian media.
The barrage is one of the heaviest launches since the end of Operation Roaring Lion, with at least 35 Iranian missiles launched towards Jordan, Israeli news outlets reported.
Alarms were reportedly activated at an American military base in Jordan.
The strikes are possibly in response to US strikes on Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island earlier on Tuesday.
A US official confirmed to the Jerusalem Post that CENTCOM had struck the tankers as Iranian media outlets reported explosions near Kharg Island.
According to Iran‘s Mehr News Agency, there were explosions heard in the vicinity of the Iranian oil hub, which serves as the country’s main point for refining and exporting oil.
An additional report by semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that the attacks on the Iranian vessels left no casualties, with the tripulation aboard being evacuated.
The report, citing local sources, also said the targeted vessel was about four miles from Kharg Island.
Additionally, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing US officials, that Iran had launched an attack against US Navy ships on Monday that the US military has yet to acknowledge.
US forces struck multiple Iranian tankers tied to the IRGC in response to the attacks, according to a US official.
According to WSJ’s report, no American ships were struck in Iran’s Monday attacks, the report said, citing the officials.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (the central command of the Iranian Army) warned the US that if its vessels were struck, then it would reply with strikes against American interests in the Middle East, Reuters reported, citing Iran’s state media.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said early on Wednesday that ships in Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports that host Americans will be targeted in response to US attacks on Iranian oil tankers.
The Guards Navy warned all crews to evacuate, according to a statement carried by state media.
Iran ready to announce restricted zone in Strait of Hormuz
The American attack happened days after Mohsen Rezaei, the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said that a restricted zone was planned to be announced outside the Strait of Hormuz soon.
The Sunday announcement, reported by state media, detailed that the zone would include areas in the Gulf.
Rezaei added that maps of ships’ passage in the Strait of Hormuz, agreed upon with Oman, would also be signed in the coming days.
This is a developing story.
