Iran strikes Kuwait and UAE bases as Kuwait condemns a sovereignty violation
Iran's army said Thursday it had struck US-linked bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates with missiles and drones, hitting communications equipment, hangars and troop positions. Kuwait's air defenses said they intercepted the attack and its Foreign Ministry condemned it as a sovereignty violation; the UAE denied any strike occurred. Tehran cast the attack as retaliation for a US strike on a wedding in southern Iran, and Trump said US forces remained ready to hit Iran again at any time.
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Iran says it struck two Gulf bases with missiles and drones
Iran's army said on Thursday that its forces had used missiles and drones against US-linked bases in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. At Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait, the army said it targeted satellite communication systems, equipment depots and fighter jet hangars; at Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE, it said it hit troop positions and radar installations. Kuwait's army said its air defenses intercepted the missiles and drones and called the attack a grave breach of international law, while the UAE said no strike had taken place at Al Minhad.[1]
Kuwait's Foreign Ministry calls the strikes a sovereignty violation
Kuwait's Foreign Ministry separately condemned the strikes as a flagrant violation of the country's sovereignty, a description distinct from the army's account of intercepted missiles and drones. Iran's claims could not be independently verified, and Tehran presented the attacks as an answer to a US strike that hit a wedding in southern Iran; Donald Trump said the US military was ready to attack Iran again at any time.[1], [2]
The wedding strike and a war that began in February
The Iranian Red Crescent Society said four people, one of them a child, were killed when the wedding was hit on Tuesday night, and Iran's foreign ministry called the strike a war crime. A Central Command spokesman, Tim Hawkins, said the US military never targets civilians; the Revolutionary Guards' commander, Ahmad Vahidi, said the blood of the dead would not go unanswered. France 24 put at least 19 Iranians killed in US bombardment on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the war that began on 28 February saw its July ceasefire collapse over attacks on shipping.[1]
