Tehran, July 30 -- Iran has claimed that it had destroyed three US F-35 fighter jets and heavily damaged three others at Jordan's Al-Azraq Air Base on Thursday in retaliation to American attacks on Qeshm Island.

According to a statement by the state media, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched several ballistic missiles at the deployment ramp and maintenance facilities housing US F-35 fighter aircraft at Al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan.

The IRGC claimed the strike "completely destroyed three F-35 aircraft and caused heavy damage to three others," adding that several US officers and technical and maintenance personnel were also killed in the attack.

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