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Iran on Wednesday condemned the latest U.S. attacks on Iranian oil tankers and said its subsequent strikes on regional U.S. targets were in self-defense.

"The aggressive actions by the United States against Iranian commercial vessels not only represent a dangerous escalation of tensions in the region but also constitute an outright threat to regional and international peace and security," the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said its subsequent "defensive strikes" targeted "U.S. military bases and facilities located in Jordan that continue to support U.S. military aggressions against Iran, as well as several U.S. aggressive vessels."

Iranian forces, it added, "will not hesitate to exercise their inherent right of self-defense and will respond decisively and appropriately to any enemy military aggression."

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

U.S. Central Command on Wednesday denied that Iranian forces had struck two U.S. Navy destroyers operating in the Middle East, following claims of a successful attack by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published by state-aligned media in Iran.

The IRGC claim of a successful strike "is completely FALSE," CENTCOM said in a post to X.

"No U.S. Navy warship has been struck; all IRGC attempted attacks failed. Meanwhile, U.S. forces have successfully destroyed 10 Iranian tankers in just the last week. These vessels were part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC, and Iran cannot defend them."

-ABC News' Chad Murray

The price of global oil hit $100 a barrel on Wednesday morning, the first time the price reached that threshold since July 24.

Brent crude oil prices, a benchmark for global trading, climbed by about 2.7%, trading at about $100.57 a barrel for contracts with November dates.

U.S. oil traded at about $95 a barrel, up by about 2%.

The price of global oil has been rising throughout the week amid intensified exchanges between the U.S. and Iran centered on the Strait of Hormuz, plus an escalation of fighting between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen.

-ABC News' Zunaira Zaki and Kevin Shalvey

A U.S. official said a missile attack carried out by Iran toward Jordan was "ineffective."

“Iran’s response was ineffective in face of integrated air and missile defenses," the official said. "Iran fired missiles toward Jordan. American forces have 100% accountability at all locations in Jordan."

The Iranian missile barrage came after the U.S. said it destroyed five Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the targeting of a U.S. Navy warship.

In an earlier statement, the Jordanian Armed Forces said Jordanian air defense systems intercepted 20 ballistic missiles launched toward Jordanian territory, successfully intercepting and destroying 18 of them, while two missiles fell in remote areas.

No loss of life was recorded, according to the Jordanian army statement.