Image: A man displays a placard with portraits of the current and late supreme leaders and the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani at the Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP

Chandelis Duster of NPR reports: “The U.S. military said it had launched new airstrikes against Iran on Saturday evening, at the direction of President Trump, in retaliation for Friday’s attack in Jordan that killed two American service members and left one more missing.

“The strikes are designed to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service members in Jordan last night,” the U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on social media.

Four other American service members were medically evacuated after Iranian attacks in Jordan on Friday, according to the U.S. military…”

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