The war between the United States and Iran reignited in the Persian Gulf yesterday, with the most serious clashes in the truce – on the surface – agreed upon in early April. Negotiations, to at least reach a ceasefire and the reopening of Hormuz, are stalled: Tehran reiterates this, denying the reassurances and optimism displayed by Donald Trump.
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Missiles and drones launched by Iranian forces hit and damaged Kuwait International Airport, killing one person and injuring over sixty (some seriously and urgently operated on). “This criminal Iranian aggression led to the bombing of civilian and vital infrastructure, causing the death of an Indian citizen and the injury of several people, as well as extensive material damage,” said the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense, adding that it had intercepted dozens of Iranian missiles and drones. Kuwait then expelled two Iranian diplomats from the country and denied that US forces were using its territory.
However, the Pasdaran denied having hit Kuwait International Airport, stating that the attack was caused by a malfunction of a US-made Patriot missile system.
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Previously – according to Iranian state media – the Revolutionary Guards had attacked some US targets in Bahrain. Centcom, the US Central Command, explained that Iranian missiles did not reach their targets in the region. Centcom itself stated that it had conducted a new series of “defensive attacks” in southern Iran, on missile centers and Iranian vessels attempting to lay mines, and had carried out attacks on Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz.
Since the United States and Israel launched the military campaign against Iran on February 28, Tehran has repeatedly struck both civilian and military targets in the Gulf countries. And clashes have become more frequent in recent weeks, despite the ceasefire, concentrating around Hormuz, where tensions from the double blockade, Iranian and American, are accumulating.
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