Iran attacks military sites in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar after fresh US strikes
Iran said it hit U.S. military sites in three Gulf states after American strikes on about 90 targets in Iran, escalating the ceasefire breakdown.
- On Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, retaliating hours after U.S. Central Command completed strikes against roughly 90 Iranian military targets.
- President Donald Trump declared the interim ceasefire 'over' on Wednesday, as tensions surged following Iranian attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
- According to Iran's Health Ministry, two days of U.S. airstrikes killed at least 14 people and wounded 78, targeting infrastructure across five provinces including missile launchers and airport runways.
- Warning that 'bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free,' Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened that further U.S. aggression would prompt expanded attacks on regional American bases.
- President Trump dismissed escalation concerns, stating the conflict would be 'over very quickly,' while U.S. officials maintained the strikes aimed to protect freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Iranian army claims to have targeted sites in Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain early Thursday in retaliation for US airstrikes in Iran. The situation is moving "toward a breakdown in dialogue between Tehran and the United States," comments the France 24 correspondent.
The funeral procession of Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is being carried through the crowds. Meanwhile, Iran has responded to the latest US attacks since the ceasefire. Iran's military has released a video showing how the US base in Kuwait is being targeted.
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