On Wednesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard attacked what it said was a US military base in Jordan in response to strikes carried out by the United States targeting Iranian oil tankers, while also announcing on Wednesday the maritime no-go zone it imposed outside the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard said in a statement that a restricted marine area will extend from Chabahar in Iran to parts of the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, with its precise coordinates to be announced later.
The announcement comes after state media quoted Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, as saying on Sunday that Iran will establish a no-go zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days.
The Iranian official news agency "IRNA" also quoted the Revolutionary Guard in a statement saying that it targeted "the maintenance, equipping and stationing hangars of F-35, F-16 and F-15 fighters, in addition to the fighter aircraft shelters at the Azraq base in Jordan" located 100 kilometers from the capital, Amman.
For its part, the Jordanian army stated in a statement on Wednesday that its air defenses dealt with 20 ballistic missiles originating from Iran that targeted the Kingdom and intercepted 18 of them, while two missiles landed in a remote area, stressing that there were no casualties.
Shortly before that, the Revolutionary Guard warned that it would target oil tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain, calling on crews to “leave their ships immediately,” according to IRNA.
For its part, US Central Command (CENTCOM) denied hitting two American destroyers in the Middle East, and said that the Revolutionary Guards' claim of hitting them was "completely false."
Centcom said in a statement on the X platform on Wednesday: “No US warship was hit; all attacks launched by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps failed at the same time.”
The statement added: “American forces succeeded in destroying 10 Iranian tankers just last week. These ships were part of the shadow fleet network that funds the Revolutionary Guard with billions of dollars, and Iran cannot defend them.”
The Revolutionary Guard announced later on Wednesday that it had attacked two American ships, eight oil tankers, and 10 “violating ships” that were trying to cross through the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRNA.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said on Tuesday that it "destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers on September 8, after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard targeted a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days."
It noted that the American warship "succeeded in avoiding Iranian attack attempts and continued its patrols in territorial waters, without any casualties among American personnel."
In turn, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States will continue to target Iranian tankers with retaliatory strikes.
Rubio told reporters during a visit to Colombia: “Iran continues its attempts to strike American ships, and every time it does or attempts to do so, it will lose tankers, and I think you will see that again today.”
The Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported on Tuesday night that the US army targeted a small oil tanker near Khark Island with a missile strike, without causing any casualties.
Chief of the General Staff, Ali Abdullah, had vowed that Iran would target American military bases in the region if Washington continued to bomb its oil tankers.
The Revolutionary Guard confirmed on Tuesday that “fighters of the Revolutionary Guards’ naval force were able to capture one of the latest smart unmanned submarines of the US Army at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.”
He added in a statement: “This smart submarine is equipped with the latest technology in submarines in the world, which was delivered to the US Army’s terrorist fleet in 2025.”
US Central Command (Centcom) spokesman Tim Hawkins said: “A naval drone operated by US forces suffered a malfunction more than a day ago. It was surveying regional waters in support of ongoing operations,” without mentioning whether Iran had detained it.
Hawkins pointed out that "the disabled drone is an old model that does not collect sensitive data and is not equipped with classified sonar or radar equipment."
Also, Iranian state television confirmed on Wednesday that “two American destroyers carrying cruise and Aegis missiles” had been targeted with ballistic missiles.
Military confrontations continue between Iran and the United States in and around the Strait of Hormuz, even after the ceasefire agreement concluded in April put an end to the first campaign of intense bombing.
