Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Launches Drone And Missile Attacks On Bahrain And Kuwait

The United States and Iran traded escalating attacks as the fragile interim peace agreement came under strain, with Iran launching drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait after U.S. strikes hit Iranian sites in southern Iran.

CBS News reported that a U.S. official said no drones or missiles launched by Iran at U.S. assets in Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday night reached their targets, with some shot down or intercepted, and that there were no U.S. injuries or impacts on U.S. assets.

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President Donald Trump threatened a “complete halt” to negotiations if Iran did not comply with the ceasefire, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for the Bahrain and Kuwait attacks and said violating the ceasefire would lead to a “complete halt of ongoing processes.”

The Guardian said Tehran launched drone and missile attacks against Bahrain and Kuwait after new U.S. strikes, and quoted Trump warning that the U.S. might abandon talks and “militarily finish the job.”

In Baghdad, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements compared to what Iran is doing would “increase tensions” and delay reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

BBC reported that Araghchi told a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussain that “any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements” would complicate the situation and delay reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

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Kuwait said it would confront attacks, while the BBC said Kuwait announced it would confront attacks and that Araghchi’s warning came as Kuwait and Bahrain faced Iranian drone and missile attacks.

The Guardian added that Kuwait’s interior ministry said the Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near the international airport and that no one had been killed, while Qatar’s interior ministry said one Qatari national had been killed and second person injured by shrapnel from “military operations in the area.”

The dispute centers on efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping without Iran’s direct oversight, with the Guardian describing a southern lane promoted by Washington and a northern route Tehran wants ships to use through its waters.

The Guardian said the memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month gives the two countries 60 days to work out details before signing a final agreement, while the BBC said the U.S. and Iran’s memorandum of understanding called for a ceasefire and paved the way for a phase of negotiations toward lasting peace.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that its navy command said American bases in the region “will experience hell in the coming days,” while the U.S. Central Command said its strikes were “in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping.”

The BBC reported that CENTCOM said movement of commercial ships continues through the Strait of Hormuz, while American forces remain vigilant and highly ready for combat, and it also noted that a France-flagged container ship owned by CMA CGM Group managed to “exit the Strait of Hormuz this morning.”