Iran Fires Missiles and Drones at Jordan as US-Iran Ceasefire Talks Collapse

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired missiles and drones at Jordan on July 22, 2026, an escalation that widened the US-Iran war to include a US-allied Arab state. Iran said it targeted the King Faisal and Prince Hassan air bases, which it described as sites used to prepare US and allied F-15 fighter jets and MQ-9 drones. Jordan's military said it intercepted four of six missiles over the port city of Aqaba, with two others falling in uninhabited areas, and that it shot down four drones. It reported no casualties or material damage. Missile alerts also sounded in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

The barrage coincided with the collapse of an interim US-Iran ceasefire, which had been the subject of mediation in Pakistan, where an Iranian official was holding talks aimed at reviving the deal. The strike followed a deadlier Iranian attack days earlier that Iran said killed US service members in Jordan, a claim Washington has not fully confirmed.

The fighting continued on both sides. United States Central Command completed an 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, targeting what the Israeli outlet Globes described as drone-storage sites and maritime targets, with explosions reported in several locations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran was not serious about talks. Iranian state media reported that air defenses in Tehran engaged what they called hostile targets, and Iranian authorities said a projectile struck near the city of Baneh.

The war's cost has become a point of political contention in Washington. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the conflict has cost $37.5 billion so far, Deutsche Welle reported, as he pressed for additional funding. The Hindu, tracking the fighting live, noted Trump's statement that the campaign was "not finished." Trump also said the United States would strike the area around Pickaxe Mountain "pretty soon, and very heavily," a fortified underground site that the South China Morning Post reported is believed to be tied to Iran's nuclear program.

Accounts of the fighting differ by source. US and Israeli reporting emphasizes the targeting of military and naval assets, while Iranian state media stresses civilian areas struck and defenses activated. Iran has said it fired at US positions in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, claims that neither Washington nor the Gulf states have fully confirmed.