Two US soldiers killed in Iranian attack in Jordan

Two US soldiers were killed and one is missing after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck in Jordan, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday. On the same day, the Iranian government announced that the framework agreement was no longer valid.

The attack took place on Friday, 17 July. According to a statement from CENTCOM, four soldiers were taken to hospitals in Jordan and have since been discharged, while the lightly injured returned to duty. The identities of the deceased are not being released until their families have been notified. This marks the first US military casualties in the conflict with Iran since March.

The Jordanian military previously stated that it had intercepted ten Iranian projectiles fired into its airspace, with no damage reported, the BBC reported.

The suspension of the agreement was announced by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Kazem Haribabadi, the Iranian Fars news agency reported. "We are committed to defending the country," Haribabadi said in a television interview, accusing the United States of violating the commitments in the Islamabad memorandum, for which Iran no longer considers itself bound by the agreed obligations.

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, stated in a written statement that the repeated US violations had shown that the signature of President Donald Trump was "completely worthless and devoid of credibility", Reuters reported.

The framework agreement, agreed in mid-June, was to lead to a final agreement on the end of the war and the opening of the Hormuz Strait within 60 days. The ceasefire, in place since the beginning of April, collapsed in early July, following which the conflict escalated again.

According to the BBC, the US military carried out a seventh consecutive wave of strikes on Iran on the night of Saturday, with Washington imposing a blockade on Iranian ports. Iranian state media, citing the country's health ministry, reported that at least 50 people had been killed in the US strikes in the past three weeks, with more than 500 injured.