Iran Launches Drone And Missile Attacks On Bahrain And Kuwait After U.S. Strikes

Iran launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday after new U.S. airstrikes, and Iran threatened a “complete halt” in negotiations if Washington continues its attacks.

The AP reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated Tehran’s claim that “Tehran alone must govern the strait,” as efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without Iran’s oversight sparked days of crossfire.

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The Guardian said Tehran launched drone and missile attacks against Bahrain and Kuwait after new U.S. strikes on sites in southern Iran, and it quoted Trump threatening violence that would ensure Iran “will no longer exist”.

Reuters reported that Iran launched missiles and drones on U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain early on Sunday shortly after Trump threatened to wipe out the Iranian leadership if they did not stick to the interim agreement to end their war.

In the same Reuters account, the U.S. military said it struck Iran again hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran has largely kept the route closed for most of the conflict.

In Bahrain, the Reuters report said sirens had sounded and Bahrain urged the U.N. Security Council to hold Iran accountable after an Iranian attack damaged a residential building in Muharraq province with no casualties reported.

The BBC described Bahrain condemning what it called drone attacks by Iranian forces on its territory on Saturday, and it said Manama held Tehran solely responsible for undermining peace efforts by continuing its attacks.

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In Kuwait, Reuters said the Kuwaiti army reported its air defences were responding to missile and drone attacks, while Bahrain’s interior ministry said sirens had sounded there about an hour after Trump’s post.

The BBC also quoted Ibrahim Azizi, head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Iranian Parliament, attacking the American president on X for attacking Iran again “in the midst of negotiations,” and warning that the “failed American president” showed a lack of commitment to negotiation or a ceasefire.

Meanwhile, the AP reported that the Trump administration said nothing has been canceled and technical talks are on track, even as the exchange of fire threatened the interim U.S.-Iran arrangement.

The AP said the interim deal is meant to end fighting on all fronts before certain key issues can be discussed, and it noted that continued fighting in Lebanon—where an Israeli soldier was killed by Hezbollah fire early Sunday—also threatens the agreement.

The Guardian framed the latest violence as further undermining the fragile interim peace agreement between Iran and the U.S., and it said Trump posted that the U.S. might abandon talks and “militarily finish the job.”

Al Jazeera’s explainer tied the dispute to Article 5 of the MoU, quoting that “Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days only from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa.”

Reuters reported that the 14-point interim peace accord was meant to halt fighting and reopen the strait while talks proceeded on issues such as Iran’s nuclear programm, and it said U.S. Central Command accused Iran of violating the ceasefire by attacking the Panama-flagged tanker Kiku.

In the same Reuters account, it said the U.S. and Iran accused each other of violating the interim ceasefire, while the U.S. military said commercial vessel transits continued uninterrupted even as the strait remained the focus of tensions.