{"id":437734,"date":"2026-09-09T06:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/us-and-iran-continue-to-trade-strikes-tehran-hits-us-bases-in-jordan-437734\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T06:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:40:05","slug":"us-and-iran-continue-to-trade-strikes-tehran-hits-us-bases-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/us-and-iran-continue-to-trade-strikes-tehran-hits-us-bases-in-jordan-437734\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Iran continue to trade strikes. Tehran hits US bases in Jordan."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The immediate market focus is oil, given direct strikes on tanker traffic and explicit Iranian threats to shipping around the Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports that host the US military. Any rerouting or suspension of transits through that corridor would tighten freight and insurance costs and add a fresh geopolitical risk premium to crude benchmarks. Iran&#8217;s warning against US-linked tankers, paired with Washington&#8217;s pledge to keep targeting Iranian tankers in response to attacks on US Navy assets, points to sustained rather than one-off disruption risk. With the missile exchange marking one of the largest waves in months and both sides signalling further escalation, oil traders are likely to keep a heavy risk premium priced in through coming sessions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/several-explosions-heard-on-kharg-island-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow\">Several explosions heard on Kharg Island &#8211; report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A tanker war has turned into open strikes on military bases, with Iran and the US now trading direct hits and explicit threats to Gulf shipping.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Summary<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>A US official says US forces struck Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island; Iranian media reported multiple explosions in the area<\/li>\n<li>Initial Iranian reports say two more tankers were hit near Jask, about 800km southeast of Kharg<\/li>\n<li>Iran warned that further tanker strikes would draw retaliation against US regional bases, and separately told crews on US-linked tankers in Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports to leave immediately<\/li>\n<li>Iran fired more than 30 ballistic missiles from multiple sites, with at least 20 aimed at the Al Salti and Prince Hassan bases in Jordan, one of the largest waves in months<\/li>\n<li>Explosions hit both Jordan bases, with unconfirmed reports of a direct impact and cluster munitions at Muwaffaq Salti; dozens of Patriot interceptors were fired in response<\/li>\n<li>Rubio warned Iran will keep losing tankers if it targets US Navy ships, and CENTCOM says it destroyed five Iranian crude carriers after the IRGC twice targeted a US warship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">US forces struck Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island once again on Tuesday, according to a US official, as Iranian state media reported multiple loud explosions in the area. Initial Iranian reports said two further tankers were hit near Jask, roughly 800 kilometres southeast of Kharg. Tehran warned that any further strikes on its oil tankers would draw retaliation against US bases in the region, and Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard separately told crews aboard US-linked oil tankers in and around Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports to abandon their vessels immediately, naming both Gulf states as hosts of the US military campaign. Iran responded with a large missile barrage, launching more than 30 ballistic missiles from sites including Yazd, Khomein, Zanjan, Qom, Isfahan, Khorramabad and Tabriz, with at least 20 aimed at the Al Salti and Prince Hassan air bases in Jordan in one of the largest single waves in months. Explosions were reported at both bases, with initial accounts describing a direct impact and cluster munitions at Muwaffaq Salti, while unofficial sources cited by Iran&#8217;s Tasnim news agency said explosions were also heard elsewhere in Jordan. Dozens of Patriot interceptors were fired from the Jordanian bases against the incoming wave, with several impacts still reported to have gotten through. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Iran would keep losing tankers each time it targeted US Navy vessels. US Central Command later said its forces had destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers on Tuesday, a response it linked to the IRGC targeting a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the preceding two days.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The exchange marks a sharp escalation from the tanker war that has simmered in the Gulf for months into direct strikes on military infrastructure and open threats to commercial shipping lanes. Kuwait and Bahrain, both hosts to significant US military presence, now find themselves named targets, raising the prospect that the conflict could widen beyond Iran and the United States to draw in other Gulf states. The mix of confirmed US strikes, contested Iranian claims and fast-moving battlefield reports from both sides means the full picture, including casualty figures and the precise scale of damage in Jordan, remains unverified and subject to revision as more details emerge.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Markets are likely to focus first on the direct hits to tanker traffic and the explicit threats against shipping in and around Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports, given the concentration of oil infrastructure and export routes in that corridor. Any move by shipping firms or insurers to reroute or halt transits through the Gulf would tighten already stretched freight and insurance costs, adding a fresh risk premium to crude benchmarks. The scale of the missile exchange, and Washington&#8217;s stated intent to keep targeting Iranian tankers in response to any further attack on US Navy assets, suggests the standoff is unlikely to de-escalate quickly, keeping traders focused on headline risk out of the Gulf in the sessions ahead.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>                            This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The immediate market focus is oil, given direct strikes on tanker traffic and explicit Iranian threats to shipping around the Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports that host the US military. 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