Kuwait City, Kuwait. Iran launched missiles and drones at US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain early on Sunday, shortly after President Donald Trump warned that the Iranian leadership would face destruction if it did not adhere to an interim agreement aimed at ending the war.
Kuwait’s army said its air defences were responding to missile and drone attacks, while Bahrain said sirens had sounded. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its navy and air forces had launched missile and drone operations targeting US military sites in both countries.
Trump warning and interim accord
Trump said on social media that there could come a point when the United States would no longer be able to remain reasonable and would be forced to militarily complete the operation it had begun.
He added that if that happened, the Islamic Republic of Iran would no longer exist.
The 14-point interim peace accord was intended to stop the fighting, which the United States and Israel began on February 28, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz while negotiations continued on issues including Iran’s nuclear programme.
Fighting resumes after talks
A round of mediated talks was held in Switzerland a week ago, led by Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. Washington also waived sanctions on Tehran.
Despite that, fighting has resumed and intensified since the talks.
Regional developments
Israel said on Sunday it had struck Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Saturday, one day after agreeing to the latest ceasefire deal with Lebanon to calm fighting.
Iran has said that the fighting in Lebanon must end if the wider agreement is to hold.
Earlier, the US military said it had struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global energy shipping route that Tehran has largely closed for most of the conflict.