U.S. Central Command said American forces intercepted missiles fired by Iran at Kuwait and Bahrain.
According to the United States, Iran launched two ballistic missiles at Kuwait overnight on June 3. They failed to reach their target “or broke up in flight.” Three more Iranian missiles aimed at Bahrain were intercepted.
After that, U.S. forces, as CENTCOM said, carried out strikes “in self-defense” against an Iranian ground-control site on Qeshm Island.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for its part, said it attacked with missiles and drones a U.S. base and helicopters in one country in the region, as well as the headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, located in Bahrain.
Tehran called the actions a response to a U.S. strike on a communications tower on Qeshm Island.
Reuters, citing Kuwait’s state news agency, writes that Iran attacked the country’s international airport on the morning of June 3. The building sustained “serious damage.” Al Jazeera reports that there were casualties, though their number is unknown. Flights at Kuwait airport have been suspended.
A ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been in effect since April 7, but since late May the two sides have again exchanged strikes.
Axios previously reported that U.S. and Iranian representatives had agreed on a draft memorandum of understanding. It was meant to extend the ceasefire for 60 days and open the way to talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
On June 1, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that Tehran was suspending its participation in talks with the United States because of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, where facilities of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah are located. Shortly afterward, U.S. President Donald Trump said he had reached an agreement with Israel and Lebanon to halt mutual attacks, thereby securing the continuation of talks with Iran.