Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi’s condemnation of Iran’s attacks on Jordan and other countries in the region drew a response from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Speaking at a press conference in Vienna on Thursday, Safadi said that Jordan and the Arab countries were not parties to the conflict and were working to prevent the war from starting.
Araghchi questions the role of Arab countries
Addressing Safadi in a post on X, Araghchi asked how much longer Iran was expected to wait before responding to an aggressor that did not respect the sovereignty of Arab countries or Iran.
The Iranian minister argued that innocent Iranians had been killed in the initial US attacks. Araghchi also questioned whether it was understood that Arab airspace, territory and waters had been used in those attacks.
Bases in Jordan targeted
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday that the Muwaffaq Salti and King Hussein air bases in Jordan had been targeted with ballistic missiles. The statement said the bases were used by US forces and that the attack was carried out after US strikes on Iran’s Larak Island in the Gulf.
Iran also launched a ballistic missile attack on a base called “Camp Titen” on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba on Tuesday, shortly after the US attacks resumed.
Regional impact of the conflict
The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28, 2026, and the Strait of Hormuz, which is important for oil exports and global supply chains, was closed during the conflict.
Iran later carried out attacks against Gulf countries and targets in the region that it identified as belonging to the United States and Israel. After the sides reached a ceasefire, Washington and Tehran signed an agreement on June 18 aimed at ending the conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic.
The agreement’s implementation later stalled because of disagreements over the security of the waterway.
