Tehran accuses Washington of normalizing war crimes by threatening to strike civilian infrastructure.

On Thursday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed its attack on U.S. bases in Jordan was “a legal, religious and logical right,” saying the strikes targeted a country from which aggression against the Persian nation is being launched.

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The Iranian attack destroyed a radar system for the THAAD anti-missile system, a Patriot system and a C-RAM radar, as well as setting fire to fuel depots and a large helicopter maintenance structure, the corps said.

The IRGC emphasized that its offensive did not violate Jordanian sovereignty but was directed against “lands occupied by the U.S. military.”

The Iranian military officials said the U.S. bases themselves violate Jordan’s territorial integrity because they operate under foreign laws and military control without supervision from local authorities. As a result, even Jordan’s defense minister cannot access documents without U.S. permission, they said.

The IRGC emphatically stated that military operations against U.S. installations in the region will continue as long as attacks on Iranian soil persist.

I am sure that even the people of Jordan are becoming familiar with the U.S.-controlled military bases in their country after they were hit by Iranian ballistic missiles.

Hitting Jordan is important for Iran for the following reasons:

1- Jordan is the last defensive ring before… pic.twitter.com/F3ZM7hMSD9

— Sarbaz Roohulla Rezvi (@SarbazRezvi) July 23, 2026

The United States is Normalizing War Crimes

On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqai accused the United States of “destroying the fundamental rules of international humanitarian law” by threatening to strike bridges and power plants.

He called U.S. policy toward Iran “clearly illegal and criminal” and rejected warnings from U.S. officials about possible attacks on civilian infrastructure.

Baqai explained that the destruction of bridges and power plants constitutes reprisal and collective punishment, two measures explicitly prohibited as war crimes under both international law and U.S. law itself, including the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Defense Department’s manual on the laws of war.

Baqai specifically cited Article 18 of the War Crimes Act (U.S.C. § 2441) to note that such offenses have no statute of limitations, and he emphasized that military personnel have a legal and ethical obligation to refuse to carry out orders that are manifestly illegal.

“The U.S. administration intends to sacrifice what remains of international humanitarian law and the foundations of ethics and human civilization for the sake of its insatiable appetite for war and killing,” the spokesman said, concluding that Iran remains “firm and determined in the face of rebellion and violation of the law.”

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Sources: IRNA – EFE

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