Iran strikes Kuwait and Bahrain as escalating attacks threaten to unravel peace efforts - BERITAJA

President Donald Trump has warned that the United States could beryllium forced to return to warfare arsenic a bid of escalating reciprocal strikes pinch Iran continued into Sunday, threatening to unravel bid efforts betwixt the 2 countries.

Bahrain and Kuwait faced caller Iranian attacks early Sunday, hours aft U.S. Central Command said it had deed aggregate targets crossed Iran successful consequence to “continued aggression” against commercialized shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

“United States craft conscionable struck Iranian rocket and drone retention locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!” President Donald Trump posted Saturday connected Truth Social.

“It is very imaginable that they will ne'er learn! There whitethorn travel a constituent erstwhile we are nary longer capable to beryllium reasonable, and will beryllium forced to militarily complete the occupation that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will nary longer exist!”

CENTCOM said successful a connection Saturday that U.S. combatant jets conducted strikes connected 10 Iranian subject targets astatine aggregate locations.

Iran was “given a chance to grant the ceasefire statement but elected not to erstwhile its forces launched a one-way onslaught drone,” it said, referring to an onslaught connected a Panama-flagged alloy connected Saturday.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched further missiles and drones astatine U.S. subject infrastructure successful Kuwait and Bahrain, successful a connection reported by authorities media.

American bases “will acquisition hellhole successful these coming days,” said IRGC Navy command, arsenic reported by Iran’s semi-official Fars newrs agency.

Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, said Sunday that a residential building was damaged by the overnight attacks, pinch “no nonaccomplishment of life.”

The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “strongest condemnation” of Iranian attacks connected the territory, asserting its correct to take sides itself.

“This vulnerable escalation reveals that Tehran’s actions are not isolated incidents aliases random acts, but alternatively a deliberate and systematic shape of repeated aggression against the Kingdom’s sovereignty and the information of its citizens and resident,” it said successful a connection posted connected X.

Kuwait’s service said Sunday that its aerial defenses were besides countering Iranian rocket and drone attacks. Two ballistic missiles were intercepted, it said, pinch nary harm reported.

The bid of reciprocal attacks began this week pinch a disagreement complete shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran, which had committed to reopening the captious waterway, has insisted that vessels travel a specified way adjacent to its coastline, but galore vessels are choosing to alternatively transit done the waters of the United Arab Emirates and Oman.

After a bid of Iranian threats to vessels that had utilized the replacement route, a Singapore-flagged vessel was attacked connected Thursday, to which the U.S. reciprocated by hitting Iranian subject targets. Those strikes triggered an Iranian response, continuing the rhythm of attacks that has since escalated.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesperson Hossein Mohebi said Sunday that “every clip the force violates the ceasefire, it will person a harsher consequence than before,” according to Iran’s hard-line Student News Network.

The IRGC besides said it would beryllium dealing pinch vessels it claims violated its approved way “stronger than before.”

Vice President JD Vance, who had been tapped to play a lead domiciled successful ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations, said Friday connected X: “If they person disagreements about really the MOU is being applied, they could prime up the phone. But unit will beryllium met pinch violence.”

The memorandum of knowing signed by the U.S. and Iran little than 2 weeks agone stipulates that the Strait of Hormuz — a captious waterway done which immoderate 20% of the world’s lipid passed earlier the warfare — will reopen. It said that Iran would “make arrangements” to let the safe transition of commercialized vessels pinch nary complaint for 60 days.

Both sides person many times accused the different of breaching the position of the deal, however.

U.S. friends successful the Gulf, including Qatar and Jordan, condemned Iran’s latest attacks connected Bahrain and Kuwait and called for restraint.

Qatar “emphasizes the necessity of sparing the region the consequences of these unjustified attacks, continuing connected the way of speech and diplomacy,” its overseas ministry said Sunday successful a station connected X.