00:03Two US military personnel in Jordan were killed on Friday as they defended against an attack by Iranian missiles and
00:11drones.
00:11This brought the total casualties in the US forces in the Iran conflict to 16.
00:17The US Central Command said one service member also went missing in action,
00:22while four others were evacuated to hospitals in Jordan when they were fending off the Iranian strikes along with their
00:30partner forces.
00:31They said the four injured victims had since been discharged and other personnel with minor injuries had also returned to
00:39duty.
00:40They then launched new airstrikes against Iran on Saturday to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the
00:49Strait of Hormuz
00:50and punish the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces for their attacks against US service members in Jordan.
00:57The airstrikes, which was the eighth consecutive night of US strikes, were completed after about five hours.
01:05They said they hit Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defence facilities, maritime capabilities and missile and drone storage sites.
01:16US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the sacrifice of the fallen service members will only stiffen the US resolve.
01:25The conflict has escalated again after the US forces bombed military targets and civilian infrastructure,
01:32including bridges in Iran in response to the actions by Iranian forces to shoot at commercial ships transiting in the
01:41Strait of Hormuz earlier this month.
01:44Both sides blamed each other for violating the memorandum of understanding which they signed last month to end the war
01:52while negotiating for a final deal.
01:56Mohsen Rezaeh, an advisor to Iran's supreme leader, said if the US strikes continue for several more days,
02:04Iranian forces will move into a phase of full-scale offensive operations,
02:09while the United Nations called on both sides to exercise maximum restraint.
02:15The Secretary General has repeatedly said that Iran should not attack any of the neighbouring countries.
02:23As you know, he's condemned this in the past.
02:26We are concerned by any further escalation, the risk of expanding tensions in an already volatile region.
02:32And, of course, we continue to call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint, refrain from actions that could further
02:39inflame the situation,
02:41and engage in urgent efforts to de-escalate.
02:46I'm Mitsuko Kimura from Jiji.
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