Iran threatened to halt peace negotiations if the United States continues its attacks, as President Donald Trump floated the possibility of ramping up military action. Both sides exchanged fire this weekend and accused each other of violating the ceasefire, testing a fragile interim agreement that aims to end the war while talks continue on the future of Tehran’s nuclear program and long-term management of the Strait of Hormuz, among other issues.Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday. A residential building was hit in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, while incoming missiles were reportedly intercepted in Kuwait, which hosts a U.S. Army base. Those attacks came after the U.S. launched a second round of airstrikes on a range of Iranian military targets on Saturday, including military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities.U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the attacks were in direct response “to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping,” accusing Iran of attacking an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. A similar back-and-forth occurred earlier in the week. “It is very possible that they will never learn,” Trump wrote on social media on Saturday. “There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” Efforts to resume traffic in the strait while bypassing Iran’s direct oversight sparked the most recent exchange of fire. The strait has long been considered a free and open international waterway.However, Iran insists that it alone should govern the passageway and has tried to enforce its own set of rules. Tehran has twice attacked ships trying to use an alternative route near Oman in recent days. A multinational maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that it plans to expand the route near Oman to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic.”Any attempt to establish new or separate arrangements from those currently being carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to further complications, delay the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and increase the level of tension,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during a state visit to Iraq on Sunday
Iran threatened to halt peace negotiations if the United States continues its attacks, as President Donald Trump floated the possibility of ramping up military action.
Both sides exchanged fire this weekend and accused each other of violating the ceasefire, testing a fragile interim agreement that aims to end the war while talks continue on the future of Tehran’s nuclear program and long-term management of the Strait of Hormuz, among other issues.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday. A residential building was hit in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, while incoming missiles were reportedly intercepted in Kuwait, which hosts a U.S. Army base.
Those attacks came after the U.S. launched a second round of airstrikes on a range of Iranian military targets on Saturday, including military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the attacks were in direct response “to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping,” accusing Iran of attacking an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. A similar back-and-forth occurred earlier in the week.
“It is very possible that they will never learn,” Trump wrote on social media on Saturday. “There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!”
Efforts to resume traffic in the strait while bypassing Iran’s direct oversight sparked the most recent exchange of fire.
The strait has long been considered a free and open international waterway.
However, Iran insists that it alone should govern the passageway and has tried to enforce its own set of rules. Tehran has twice attacked ships trying to use an alternative route near Oman in recent days.
A multinational maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that it plans to expand the route near Oman to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic.
“Any attempt to establish new or separate arrangements from those currently being carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to further complications, delay the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and increase the level of tension,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi during a state visit to Iraq on Sunday
