Tehran attacks Jordan, Gulf states after US bombardment

Iran claims attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman as the United Arab Emirates also reports intercepting Iranian missiles and suicide drones.

The US military says it struck more than 140 targets in Iran with explosions reported in the southern port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Chabahar, Bandar-e Deyr, Jask and Asaluyeh.

The hostilities come after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard declared the Strait of Hormuz temporarily closed and said it fired a warning shot at a ship attempting to transit through what it called an unapproved route.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei pledges to avenge the killing of his father, Ali Khamenei, by the US and Israel saying “revenge is the will of our nation”.

-Al Jazeera