Iran vows to ‘punish the aggressor today’ after U.S. unleashes ‘heavy wave’ of strikes

Iran vowed to “punish” the United States on Thursday after the American military said it had completed a “heavy wave of strikes” overnight, the latest retaliation for an attack by Tehran on U.S. forces in the Middle East.

Iran vowed to “punish” the United States on Thursday after the American military said it had completed a “heavy wave of strikes” overnight, the latest retaliation for an attack by Tehran on U.S. forces in the Middle East.

The renewed fighting shattered a brief period of calm that had seen the two sides engage with a push to revive diplomatic efforts and stave off dramatic new escalation.

But President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran hard after its attack on an American base in Jordan. And the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) signaled the flare-up would not end there, warning early Thursday that “the aggressor will be punished today” following the U.S. strikes.

Jordan said it intercepted a new barrage from Iran, while Kuwait said an Iranian strike hit a building belonging to a Chinese company, killing one worker.

There were also signs that the war was again expanding and drawing in new countries, raising the stakes for the region and the global economy.