Kuwait City, Kuwait. Iran and the United States continued attacks in the Gulf as both accused the other of violating an interim agreement signed less than two weeks ago to end their four-month-old war. Iran early on Sunday launched missiles and drones at U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain after President Donald Trump warned that the United States might “militarily complete the job”.
Renewed attacks in the Gulf
The U.S. military said earlier it had struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy shipping route. Iran had largely cut off the strait for most of the conflict.
Regional fighting expands
Beyond the Gulf, Israel said it had struck Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon as fighting continued in an area Tehran says is key to its peace deal with Washington.
Interim deal under pressure
The 14-point U.S.-Iran interim agreement was intended to halt the fighting, which the United States and Israel started on February 28, and reopen the strait to shipping while negotiations continued on deeper issues, including Iran’s nuclear programme.
Talks and rising tensions
One round of mediated talks, led by Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, was held in Switzerland a week ago, and Washington then waived sanctions on Tehran. Since then, however, the fighting and mutual accusations have resumed and intensified.
Trump warning and Iranian response
“There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” Trump posted on social media. “If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!”
About an hour after Trump’s post, the Kuwaiti army said its air defences were responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks, while sirens sounded in Bahrain, according to that country’s interior ministry.
Iranian military statement
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its navy and air forces had launched missile and drone operations targeting U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to recent U.S. strikes against Iran.