Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain’s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to instantly stop attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a “serious escalation.”
Iran’s foreign ministry said the U.S. early Saturday attacked surveillance facilities on Qeshm Island and near Sirik that it said were used to guard borders and “make sure the security of navigation in international waters.” Tehran called the attack a violation of the delicate ceasefire.
The most recent exchange of fireside got here because the Trump administration pressed Iran to make a deal to finish the war that has strained the worldwide economy and threatened a hunger crisis in a number of the world’s most vulnerable countries.
Iran said it targeted the U.S. military
The U.S. military earlier said it shot down several Iranian missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Arab allies, and struck a number of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response.
“The attack drones posed a right away threat to regional maritime traffic,” U.S. Central Command said on social media. It confirmed it hit radar sites, including an island within the strait, “to defend against further attacks.”
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it targeted the Ali Al Salem air base, which hosts U.S. forces in Kuwait, and the U.S. Navy’s fifth Fleet in Bahrain, based on the state-run IRNA news agency. The U.S. military said there have been no reports of harm to U.S. personnel.
Earlier within the week, Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s important airport, killing one person and wounding dozens.
The U.S. military kept up its blockade on Iranian ports in response to Tehran’s chokehold on the crucial corridor for global oil and natural gas shipments, which has sent energy prices spiking and posed political problems for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party ahead of midterm congressional elections.
Trump guarantees a fast end to US-Iran conflict
Despite concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump told reporters Friday that “the situation with Iran appears to be going quite well.” He told an event that “we’re going to come back out of Iran in a short time and it’s going to be very strong somehow, whether it’s a bit of paper or the very tough way.”
Trump increasingly appears to be boxed in on the war. U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement every week ago to increase the ceasefire by 60 days and begin a brand new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program. But Trump has called for unspecified changes and Iranian officials have shown no public sign of agreeing to the deal.
Asked on Friday why it was taking so long, Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” it was because “it’s a really hard thing for them.”
He added that the Iranians still have 21% to 22% of their missiles. Considered one of the war’s stated goals was destroying Tehran’s missile program.
The continuing fighting in Lebanon, where Israeli forces have seized large swaths of the south while saying it targets the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, also challenges efforts to finish the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has demanded that any lasting truce extend to Lebanon.
The Trump administration has touted the most recent ceasefire agreed to earlier within the week by the Lebanese government and Israel after U.S.-brokered talks in Washington. Nevertheless, Hezbollah has rejected the agreement.
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said. Israel’s military said it was reviewing the incident and that it operates against Hezbollah and never the Lebanese army.
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