Two U.S. Service Members Killed Amid Iran Strike Wave

Two U.S. service members were killed in Jordan after an American military base came under attack from Iran, U.S. Central Command said.

The overnight assault on Friday involved Iranian ballistic missiles and drones targeting the base, CENTCOM reported. At least one additional service member remains missing in action.

Four other American troops were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan following the strike, according to a CENTCOM post on X. Officials said those service members have since been released.

‘Out of respect for the families, CENTCOM will withhold additional information, including the identities of the fallen warriors, until 24 hours after the next of kin have been notified,’ the agency said.

The fatalities bring the number of U.S. service members killed since the war with Iran began in February to 16. More than 430 others have been wounded during the conflict.

The strike came as Iran launched a renewed wave of attacks across the Middle East in recent days, following the collapse of negotiations with the Trump administration and the end of a ceasefire.

Friday also marked the seventh consecutive night of U.S. strikes against Iran. In response, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have carried out retaliatory attacks against American targets in Jordan, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Syria.

Just before the attack in Jordan, Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that U.S. strikes on Iran would deliver ‘unforgettable lessons’ to Washington, while accusing President Trump of ‘seeking to escalate the conflict.’

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in February, issued the chilling threat through a spokesperson on state TV. 

The Iranian leader said Trump’s signature is now ‘worthless and invalid,’ after a tentative ceasefire agreement reached in April – and formally agreed upon last month – dramatically fell apart in recent days.

The remarks came hours after a negotiator said Tehran was suspending all of its commitments that were previously agreed upon with the US in June.

Khamenei also vowed to use Iran’s proxies in the Middle East, which he dubbed the ‘Axis of Resistance,’ to combat Trump’s attacks.

The Supreme Leader’s remarks were read by a spokesman on Iranian state TV as Khamenei has still not been seen in public since the war began, with reports indicating he was severely injured in the strikes that killed his father. 

Continuous strikes this week have seen the US and Iran exchange attacks on infrastructure and military targets. 

The attacks have intensified the conflict’s focus on the Strait of Hormuz, an essential waterway bordering Iran that previously carried over a fifth of the world’s crude oil. 

The struggle over the Strait has seen energy prices skyrocket worldwide, with the fresh round of strikes now threatening civilian infrastructure in Iran including desalination plants for drinking water. 

CENTCOM said early Saturday that its seventh straight night of strikes hit ‘surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities.’

The U.S. has violated its commitments under the deal that was signed about a month ago and now Iran is ‘no longer implementing them,’ Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, told state TV.

There was no new word on mediation efforts.