Kuwait Accuses Iran Of Sending Six Revolutionary Guard Members To Infiltrate Bubiyan Island

Kuwait accused Iran of sending six armed Revolutionary Guard members to infiltrate Bubiyan Island on May 1, saying Kuwaiti forces detained four and two escaped while one Kuwaiti security officer was wounded.

“War in the Middle East: Tensions escalate between Iran, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, while Iraq accuses Israel of violating its sovereignty”

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The allegation came just ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Iran had not publicly acknowledged the claim.

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, speaking at a Tel Aviv event, confirmed Israel deployed Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to the United Arab Emirates, with the move coming with Emirati and Israeli approval.

Kuwait said Bubiyan Island is home to Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, part of China’s Belt and Road initiative, which was previously targeted by Iran during the war.

The ynetnews report also said Bahrain sentenced at least two dozen people, including three to life in prison, for alleged ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

After Kuwait dismantled a similar network, the UAE dismantled a terrorist network linked to Hezbollah and Iran, with the Emirates News Agency saying it operated under a pre-planned strategic plan in coordination with external parties.

The report said the network exploited fake commercial cover to carry out illegal activities including money laundering and financing of terrorism, and that authorities treated the activities as part of a broader plot aimed at threatening the nation's security and financial stability.

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It placed the operations in the context of a wave of missile and drone attacks carried out by Iran since the outbreak of the war in late February, and said the UAE endured hundreds of strikes targeting oil facilities, ports, and areas near urban centers.

The article also described Kuwait’s earlier disclosure as involving an 'organized sabotage plot' and said the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry disclosed the arrest of a group of 16 people, including Kuwaitis and Lebanese.

It added that Hezbollah denied the accusations outright, calling them 'baseless fabrications,' while the Lebanese Foreign Ministry condemned the Kuwaiti-disclosed plan and expressed readiness for full cooperation in investigations.

The El Mundo report tied the Iran-related tensions to broader pressure on energy markets, saying the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Wednesday during the presentation of its monthly report in Paris that the world is exhausting its oil reserves at a record pace.

“Khabaronline — Rasul Salimi: The two-pronged approach of Arab states toward the joint US-Israel attack on Iran and Tehran's broad response has created a deep rift within the Gulf Cooperation Council”

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It said global reserves fell by 117 million barrels in April, adding to the 129 million-barrel drop already recorded in March, and framed the warning as occurring in a context of war in the Middle East that is punishing supply from the Gulf.

El Mundo also reported that Donald Trump said preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons is above any internal economic consideration, replying "not at all" when asked how much the financial situation influenced his efforts to negotiate an end to the war.

In the same report, European Commissioner for Transport and Sustainable Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas said the European Commission does not detect signs of kerosene shortages in the European Union and that coordinated release of strategic reserves would only materialize if strictly necessary.

The article further stated that Iran called Kuwait's accusations of supposed 'hostile' activities unfounded, saying Iranian agents entered Kuwaiti territorial waters by accident.