The US military began conducting airstrikes in Iran on Wednesday, a US official tells Axios. These are the first US strikes in Iran since President Trump paused the bombing campaign last Friday to give negotiations another chance. The strikes on Wednesday came in retaliation for an Iranian missile attack targeting a US base in Jordan a day earlier. Trump claimed Iran had acknowledged that launching the missiles was a mistake and asked the US not to retaliate. Trump paused the strikes after 13 consecutive nights of attacks on Iranian military targets, opening a brief window for diplomacy.