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U.S.-Iran Latest: Iranian drones target Bahrain after U.S. strikes Iran; Trump accuses Tehran of ceasefire violation - CBS News
From CBS News via USVI News: The U.S. carried out retaliatory strikes against Iran on Friday after Iranian forces hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier.
What to know about the Iran war today:
- Iran on Sunday launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened a "complete halt" could come to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.
- U.S. forces struck Iranian targets again on Sunday local time, U.S. Central Command said. The new strikes follow Bahrain's claim that Iranian drones struck the Gulf state Saturday after U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iran and an earlier attack on a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
- President Trump on Saturday threatened that the U.S. military will "complete the job" if Iran doesn't comply with the ceasefire, though Tehran and Washington appear to remain at odds on even basic points in their memorandum of understanding, including control of the strait and how Iran will spend its unfrozen funds.
Iran warns challenge to Hormuz routes will spike Middle East tensions
Iran's top diplomat warned Sunday that any attempt to bypass the Strait of Hormuz routes agreed with the United States would "increase tensions" in the Middle East, as the countries traded attacks and accusations of violating a fragile truce.
"Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements compared to what is underway by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to more complicated situations and delays in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and will increase the tensions," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said.
"I urge all parties... to adhere to the memorandum of understanding and not to allow this MoU to deviate from its course."
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday they were taking measures to control traffic in the strait – through which in peacetime around a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas exports travel – and that violating vessels would be dealt with more firmly than before.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatens "complete halt" to talks if ceasefire is violated
Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the attacks in Bahrain and Kuwait, saying it targeted Al Asad Air Base in Kuwait.
"Let the enemy know that violating the ceasefire... will lead to a complete halt of ongoing processes," the Guard added.
The Guard, which controls Iran's ballistic missile arsenal, answers only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and is thought to be wielding even greater influence now in the Islamic Republic.
The U.S. military said that "Iran had a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement" but "elected not to" when its forces attacked the Kiku.
According to ship-tracking websites, the Kiku appeared to be attempting to use a route established near the coast of Oman, serving as an alternative to the route sanctioned by Iran that runs through its own waters, when it was attacked.
Iran says it carried out strikes against U.S. military sites in Kuwait, Bahrain in retaliation for U.S. attack
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday local time that it carried out strikes against Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for U.S. attacks on Iranian territory, warning any further aggression would be met with a "crushing response."
The Guards "destroyed eight important US military facilities at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait and at the Fifth Fleet naval base in Port Salman in Bahrain," they said in a statement.
"Any enemy aggression, whatever the pretext, even against insignificant targets... will have a crushing response," the Guards added.
There are no reported U.S. casualties, major impacts or damage to U.S. locations at this time.
Trump threatens U.S. military will "complete the job" if Iran doesn't comply with ceasefire
President Trump confirmed the U.S. airstrikes on Iran Saturday and said that the strikes were carried out for "violating" the ceasefire agreement.
"United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!" Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post.
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