U.S. airstrikes Iran after Jordan attack killing two U.S. soldiers

BBC and Guardian put Iranian-side harm into the same frame as the U.S. casualties: BBC says “at least 50 people have been killed and more than 500 injured in US strikes,” while Guardian gives “at least 50 people” killed and “517 wounded.” They also cover the reported strike on the under-construction Darkhoveyn nuclear plant and the IAEA’s note that it was in the “very early stages” and had no nuclear material. Fox, Breitbart, OAN and Newsmax do not carry that Iranian casualty figure; Newsmax’s nuclear focus is instead Rep. Keith Self’s warning about “900 pounds or so of 60%-enriched uranium.” The reverse gap is domestic political reaction. Breitbart quotes Mike Johnson praying for “brave fallen American heroes” and Pete Hegseth saying the sacrifice “only stiffens our resolve.” OAN adds Trump saying “we’re never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” plus Schumer, Gallego and Cotton. BBC, Guardian, Axios and NBC do not quote those U.S. political reactions; BBC instead ends with Mojtaba Khamenei saying the U.S. president’s signature is “utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.” The same U.S. strikes are described through different vocabularies. Guardian says the renewed exchanges “have seen the US target bridges, water desalination plants and electrical facilities in Iran.” BBC presents Iran’s accusation that the U.S. hit “bridges, an airport and a train station,” alongside Washington’s denial that it struck anything but “military targets.” OAN and Breitbart lean on CENTCOM’s phrasing that strikes would “degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping” and “swiftly punish” the IRGC; Newsmax quotes Self saying the U.S. is going to “finish the job.” The concrete question left unanswered is how the Jordan base was hit: none explains what air-defense system was operating at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, whether it failed to detect or intercept the incoming missiles, or what warning the troops had before impact.