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Iran missile attack on Jordan raises risk for Middle East crude
The renewed strikes followed a lull after June’s interim peace deal, which the fighting reportedly ended, and came after US daily air strikes in the prior two weeks.
Iran fired ballistic missiles at American bases in Jordan late on July 28, in what appeared to be the first time Tehran initiated an attack on US targets since fighting began in late February, according to OilPrice.
The outlet said Iran framed the actions as defensive and described itself as fighting a war of resistance, but experts argued the Jordan attack could signal a shift toward a more aggressive strategy. The report also noted that three American soldiers were killed in Jordan earlier this month.
OilPrice reported that the attack broke a lull in fighting that followed July 24, after the United States conducted daily air strikes on Iran over the preceding two weeks, with Iran retaliating by striking American bases across the Middle East.
The renewed fighting effectively ended an interim peace deal signed in June, OilPrice added. It said the US military’s Central Command reported intercepting multiple ballistic missiles launched by Iran toward US forces in the region, and that Jordan said it intercepted and downed five Iranian missiles on July 29.
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