# Why did Iran target US bases in Jordan? Sina Azodi explains

https://mins.news/en/video/38162

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-31 04:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFwL0QBJh78

> After the US preemptively struck Iran’s Larak Island and Iran retaliated with missiles against US bases in Jordan, Sina Azodi of George Washington University told Al Jazeera that further escalation is “really up to the American side”. He warned that a US response could leave Iran with “no choice” but to retaliate, potentially returning the conflict to “full military confrontation”.

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