US launches 8th night of strikes on Iran to ‘punish’ IRGC for deadly Jordan attack

The United States completed its eighth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in retaliation for a deadly attack in Jordan that killed two US service members. US Central Command stated the strikes, directed by President Donald Trump, aimed to "further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces." The strikes reportedly hit Iranian military coastal surveillance, air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites. Iran's Mehr news agency reported US attacks near Sirik and Hajiabad, with explosions heard in Bandar Abbas, but no casualties or infrastructure damage. Concurrently, Iran's state TV reported a drone attack on US military assets in Kuwait and a base of the Kurdistan Freedom Party near Erbil, Iraq, wounding eight members. The US State Department issued a worldwide caution alert for its citizens due to heightened tensions, warning of potential targeting by Iran and its allies globally.